disjointedness

noun

Definition of disjointednessnext
1
as in disruption

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2
as in incoherence

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  1. disruption
  2. incoherence
  3. disorder
  4. confusion
Noun
  • There is no staging, no open houses, and none of the disruptions when listing through a typical real estate agent.
    KC Property Group, Kansas City Star, 5 Jan. 2025
  • There was the glimmer of possibility in stories of bolt cutters and train yards and spray cans—possibilities of disruption and liberation.
    hazlitt.net, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of disruption
Noun
  • And Pantera has less exposition than most heist flicks, which gives it an extra frisson of pleasant incoherence.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Getty herself died at eighty-four, after a long slide into incoherence.
    Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of incoherence
Noun
  • This fluctuation sets recurring dreams apart from bad dreams triggered by post-traumatic stress disorder, a psychological condition in which people relive specific memories from their waking life with far less variation while asleep.
    Amanda Heidt, Scientific American, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Decades of research into how individuals and crowds actually behave – as well as what drives them into disorder and violence – have debunked these claims.
    Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of disorder
Noun
  • There is probably a version of this story that centers on the grief and confusion Amy might feel about losing nearly a decade of her life.
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Jan. 2025
  • In the hours following the attack, the was some initial confusion about whether law enforcement was investigating it as a terrorist incident, as the New Orleans mayor and an FBI special agent gave contradicting answers.
    Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of confusion
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