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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.
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Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2026
Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disjointedness
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The vote marks the first time administrators have joined a strike alongside other LAUSD unions and aligns all three major labor groups in a coordinated potential walkout, raising the likelihood of widespread disruptions in the nation’s second-largest school district.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
4 Apr. 2026
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Analyst Jessica Reif Ehrlich wrote that Spotify was the bank’s top pick in the media and entertainment space, and called fears of AI disruption around the name overdone.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
4 Apr. 2026
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Only someone with a deep reservoir of sympathy could order their desperate incoherence into art.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2026
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Analysts and former diplomats told CNN that successive British governments have failed to strike the correct balance on China, resulting in a policy characterized by mistrust, skittishness and incoherence.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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Similarly, professionals in substance abuse, behavioral disorder and mental health counselor occupations earn median wages below $60,000 a year, despite typically needing a master’s degree in psychology or a related field.—
Kamaron McNair,
CNBC,
3 Apr. 2026
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The condition is associated with excess weight and obesity, as well as metabolic disorders like type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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Cohen sees the same disconnection playing out daily on campus and beyond.—
Hanna Wickes,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Apr. 2026
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Later generations’ disconnection from their roots is depicted with the steady decline in the traditional mourning observances for older family members, which shrinks from a 7-day shiva for Henry in 1855 to just three minutes of silence for his grandson, Bobbie, in 1969.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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Outside, the street was now clogged with driverless cars, their high beams on, in confusion, in paralysis, lacking any traffic lights to tell them what to do.—
Catherine Lacey,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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The confusion allowed the CIA to uncover the location of the service member, who was hiding in a mountain crevice, the official said.—
Seung Min Kim,
Fortune,
5 Apr. 2026
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But few of them are explicit about that, and their counterparts in the academy indulge in the same vagueness.—
David A. Graham,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2026
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Starmer’s vagueness may be a measure of the lack of good options that US allies have to spur Iran to reopen the strait.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
16 Mar. 2026
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How long this momentum will last is up in the air, as protest fatigue and disorganization are often major hurdles for organizers.—
Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
1 Apr. 2026
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Other passengers described confusion and disorganization within the lines themselves.—
Jared Eggleston,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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This fuzziness makes for an uncomfortable and maybe even confusing interpretation of her sexuality, but that’s part of the point.—
Anna Holmes,
The Atlantic,
26 Nov. 2025
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If donning the jacket leather side up, pops of sherpa fuzziness will still be yours to enjoy, as the coat’s patch pockets are artfully topped by the material.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
10 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Disjointedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disjointedness. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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