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[ adjective ] lacking orderly continuity

Examples

"a confused set of instructions" "a confused dream about the end of the world" "disconnected fragments of a story" "scattered thoughts"

Used in print

(E. Gellhorn, "Prolegomena to a theory of the emotions"...)

These are few and seemingly disjointed data , but they illustrate the important fact that fundamental alterations in conditioned_reactions occur in a variety of states in which the hypothalamic balance has been altered by physiological experimentation , pharmacological action , or clinical processes .

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incoherent

2
[ adjective ] taken apart at the joints

Examples

"a disjointed fowl"

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divided

3
[ adjective ] separated at the joint

Examples

"a dislocated knee" "a separated shoulder"

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injured

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