disjoined 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of disjoinednext
as in divided

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disjoined

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verb

past tense of disjoin
as in separated
to set or force apart disjoined the two drinking glasses, which were stuck together, only with the greatest difficulty

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disjoined
  1. divided
  2. separated
  3. disconnected
  4. split
  5. parted
  6. discontinuous
Adjective
  • Murphy admits the divided board might present a challenge as contentious conversations continue, particularly surrounding a $200 million restructuring plan for the district that involves adding middle schools.
    Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The prospect of divided government could further complicate that fight.
    Rebecca Picciotto, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of divided
Verb
  • Learning is divided into grades and separated by age and aptitude.
    Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Students would have sat on the floor rather than at desks and they wouldn’t have been separated by grade and skill level, like today.
    Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
Definition of separated
Verb
  • There’s also the perpetual maintenance costs and the chance your road map might lead you into the wilderness, disconnected from the tech mainstream.
    Claus Jepsen, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • President Biden’s position on the dispute has been reflexively pro-union and disconnected from actual events.
    The Editors, National Review, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of disconnected
Verb
  • The two take the reins of the company as its corporate parent splits itself in two, keeping the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, the Bravo cable network, theme parks and movie operations in one entity and a passel of cable networks and digital properties in the other.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The adaptation of García Márquez’s classic novel will be split across two eight-episode seasons and the new video reveals more about the series, one of the biggest ever out of Latin America.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of split
Adjective
  • Feldman’s attorneys said that’s when Wheeler gave him the tools and the two parted ways, but prosecutors said Feldman got into Wheeler’s Honda Accord, leaving his own phone behind in his car.
    Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2024
  • Though she's been wearing the cut air-dried, this sleek and parted style is easy and occasion-ready.
    Tish Weinstock, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2023
Definition of parted
Adjective
  • Both Trump and Harris are tapping into a long, if discontinuous, tradition across America’s history of government investments working alongside private industry to spur innovation and economic development.
    Steven Tian, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Black artists, of course, experienced those changes and more, which is reflected in work featuring broken narratives, discontinuous lives, and a ceaseless groping for novel visual vocabularies.
    Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2024
Definition of discontinuous
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