unjoint
[uhn-joint]
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verb (used with object)
to sever or dislocate a joint of; disjoint.
Origin of unjoint
jointed
[join-tid]
adjective
Origin of jointed
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Historical Examples of unjointed
The animal twisted and pulled until he had unjointed the foot, worn and twisted off the skin and cords of the leg and was gone.
Fifty Years a Hunter and TrapperEldred Nathaniel Woodcock
The hostler's unjointed legs, unstable because of recurrent debauchery, carried him disconsolately to lower levels.
ThoroughbredsW. A. Fraser
Some of these rays may be unbranched and unjointed, being then known as spines, and usually occupy the front part of the fin.
Elementary Zoology, Second EditionVernon L. Kellogg
After a moment's consideration, he unjointed his rod, and started off in the direction from which the men had come.
The Young Wireless Operator--As a Fire PatrolLewis E. Theiss
The demand is met by cements and concretes easily laid in unjointed miles.
Inventors at WorkGeorge Iles
jointed
adjective
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