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disjoint

/dɪsˈdʒɔɪnt/
verb
  1. To render disjoint; to remove a connection, linkage, or intersection.

    "to disjoint limbs; to disjoint bones; to disjoint poultry by carving"

  2. To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent.

    "a disjointed speech"

  3. To fall into pieces.

adjective
  1. Not smooth or continuous; disjointed.

  2. Of two or more sets, having no members in common; having an intersection equal to the empty set.

Antonymsnon-disjoint, overlapping

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