disjoint

Meaning

Adj

1. Not smooth or continuous; disjointed.
2. (not-comparable) Of two or more sets, having no members in common; having an intersection equal to the empty set.

Verb

1. To render disjoint; to remove a connection, linkage, or intersection.
2. To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent.
3. (obsolete) To fall into pieces.

Opposite of

rejoint#Verb, rearticulate#Verb

Synonyms

disjoin

dislocate

disunite

disarticulate

disjunctive

dissociate

disassemble

disassociate

dismantle

divorce

unfasten

detach

put out

dislodge

dismissed

disturb

elute

free

🆓

freestanding

hack

joint

knuckle

let go

nonrestrictive

off-line

partition off

remove

removed

retired

sectionalize

segment

sever

shred

stand back

strip

sunder

take apart

unattached

unbelt

unbend

unbind

unconnected

uncouple

unhitch

unknit

unleash

unmuzzle

unreconciled

unscrew

unsolder

Translations

disjunkt

separar

disjunto

zertrennen

disgiungere

scomporre

disjunto

discerpo

zerlegen

disjunt

disjoint

smembrare

αποσυνδέω

ayırmak

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪsˈd͡ʒɔɪnt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: disjoynen

In summary

From Middle English disjoynen, from Old French desjoindre (“disjoin”), from Latin disiungō, from dis- + iungō (“join”).