disjoint

• POS: Adjective, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: dis=joint

OXFORD DICTIONARY

disjoint, v. & adj.
--v.tr.
1 take apart at the joints.
2 (as disjointed adj.) (esp. of conversation) incoherent; desultory.
3 disturb the working or connection of; dislocate.
--adj. (of two or more sets) having no elements in common.

Derivative

disjointedly adv. disjointedness n.

Etymology

ME f. obs. disjoint (adj.) f. past part. of OF desjoindre (as DISJOIN)

THESAURUS

disjoint

abrupt, alienate, break up, cast off, cast out, cut adrift, cut off, cut out, delete, depart, disarrange, disarray, disarticulate, discompose, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, dislocate, disorganize, displace, disrupt, dissever, dissociate, disturb, disunite, divide, divorce, eject, estrange, expel, isolate, leave, luxate, mess up, muddle, part, pull away, pull back, pull out, rummage, segregate, separate, sequester, set apart, set aside, sever, shut off, split, stand aloof, stand apart, stand aside, step aside, subtract, sunder, throw off, throw out, uncouple, unhinge, unjoint, unseat, unyoke, upset, withdraw

ROGET THESAURUS

disjoint

Disjunction

VB be disjoined, come off, fall off, come to pieces, fall to pieces, peel off, get loose, disjoin, disconnect, disengage, disunite, dissociate, dispair, divorce, part, dispart, detach, separate, cut off, rescind, segregate, set apart, keep apart, insulate, isolate, throw out of gear, cut adrift, loose, unloose, undo, unbind, unchain, unlock, unpack, unravel, disentangle, set free, sunder, divide, subdivide, sever, dissever, abscind, circumcise, cut, incide, incise, saw, snip, nib, nip, cleave, rive, rend, slit, split, splinter, chip, crack, snap, break, tear, burst, rend, rend asunder, rend in twain, wrench, rupture, shatter, shiver, cranch, crunch, craunch, chop, cut up, rip up, hack, hew, slash, whittle, haggle, hackle, discind, lacerate, scamble, mangle, gash, hash, slice, cut up, carve, dissect, anatomize, dislimb, take to pieces, pull to pieces, pick to pieces, tear to pieces, tear to tatters, tear piecemeal, tear limb from limb, divellicate, skin, disintegrate, dismember, disbranch, disband, disperse, dislocate, disjoint, break up, mince, comminute, apportion, part, part company, separate, leave.