disjoined

Example Sentences

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The pandemic highlighted the underlying weakness of the US public health system, particularly around its data systems and tech infrastructure: they’re outdated, disjoined, and underfunded, which leaves the country vulnerable to infectious disease threats.

From The Verge • Jun. 3, 2021

It is Jean-Claude Juncker, the European Commission President, who excuses his wobbly entrance with a somewhat disjoined aria about his sciatica, which then turns into a plea for more military powers for the European Union.

From Economist • Jul. 16, 2018

Separately he called for a radical overhaul of the disjoined framework governing the complex European processed meat supply chain.

From Salon • Feb. 26, 2013

If that approach made for a slightly disjoined fall collection, it was one filled with terrific clothes.”

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2011

Many single lines and expressions that have been gathered accidentally, as mere isolated phrases, disjoined from the context in which they originally occurred, bear traces of the ardour with which they were cast into shape.

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.