disjointed

adjective

1. having the joints or connections separated: a disjointed fowl.
2. disconnected; incoherent: a disjointed discourse.
3. Entomology. disjunct(def 3).

verb (used with object)

1. to separate or disconnect the joints or joinings of.
2. to put out of order; derange.

verb (used without object)

3. to come apart.
4. to be dislocated; be out of joint.

adjective

5. Mathematics.
   1. (of two sets) having no common elements.
   2. (of a system of sets) having the property that every pair of sets is disjoint.
6. Obsolete. disjointed; out of joint.

adjective

1. having no coherence; disconnected
2. separated at the joint
3. dislocated

verb

1. to take apart or come apart at the joints
2. (tr) to disunite or disjoin
3. to dislocate or become dislocated
4. (tr; usually passive) to end the unity, sequence, or coherence of

adjective

5. maths (of two sets) having no members in common
6. obsolete disjointed

adj.

1640s, past participle adjective from disjoint (mid-15c.), from Old French desjoindre, from Latin disjungere, from dis- (see dis-) + jungere (see jugular).

v.

1. To put out of joint; dislocate.