disjointedness

noun

1
as in disruption

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as in incoherence

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Recent Examples of disjointedness Slow starts, Karl-Anthony Towns’ inconsistent offensive involvement and disjointedness on both ends of the floor have been pain points for this Knicks team all season under new head coach Mike Brown. — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disjointedness
  1. disruption
  2. incoherence
  3. disorder
  4. dimness
  5. disconnection
  6. vagueness
  7. confusion
  8. indirectness
Noun
  • Environmental disruption from potential commercial mining could disrupt these viral communities.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Use a current news event, industry disruption or legal decision as the prompt, then build a framework, analysis, guide or project plan around it.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of disruption
Noun
  • Crystal Lake maintains the basic concept, but there’s too much storytelling incoherence to land on a character with any real identity or impact.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Setting up constraints helps prevent incoherence from arising in the first place.
    — Madhu Shashanka, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of incoherence
Noun
  • Usher syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that causes vision loss, hearing loss and balance issues, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Blair revealed in 2018 that she had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune disorder that attacks healthy cells in the central nervous system, according to the National Institutes of Health.
    — Meriam Bouarrouj, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of disorder
Noun
  • One acrylic piece plus one strip of 12 percent NDF knocked the display back to just about the perfect dimness, comparable to my existing cheap bedside clock.
    — Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026
  • Both panels are wrapped by thin bezels and get up to 3500 nits of brightness, but only the Pro screen can drop to 1 nit of dimness (which is easier on the eyes for use in a dark room).
    — Ben Sin, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Definition of dimness
Noun
  • Mechanisms for delegating decision-making will be even more essential than in the past, as the danger of disconnection increases.
    — Kathleen Curlee, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Significant debt may also result in utility disconnection once winter shut-off protections no longer apply.
    — Sanya Carley, Time, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of disconnection
Noun
  • Word-of-mouth dies from vagueness more often than from distrust.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • What erodes trust is vagueness, backtracking and the sense that someone is managing you rather than leveling with you.
    — Aleeza Gerstein, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of vagueness
Noun
  • Election experts have said many instances of noncitizens registering to vote are a result of administrative error or confusion on the part of the immigrant — not intentional criminality.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The confusion unfolded as a steady stream of women’s half-marathon runners crossed the finish line.
    — Vivian Yao, Baltimore Sun, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of confusion
Noun
  • More often, though, the indirectness and the anonymity of digital exchanges have sabotaged understanding.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Definition of indirectness

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“Disjointedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disjointedness. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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