untogether
English edit
Etymology edit
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The adjective and adverb are derived from un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + together.[1] The noun is probably derived from the adjective.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌʌntəˈɡɛðə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌʌntəˈɡɛðəɹ/
- Rhymes: -ɛðə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: un‧to‧geth‧er
Adjective edit
untogether (comparative more untogether, superlative most untogether)
- Not together.
- Not cohesive or united; disunited, disparate, separated; also, not coordinated; uncoordinated.
- (informal) Of a person or their behaviour: not composed; disorganized, sloppy.
- Synonyms: uncollected, uncomposed
- 2005, H. D. Adamson, Language Minority Students in American Schools:
- This here little Sister name Mae was most definitely untogether.
- 2006, John Kevin Young, Black Writers, White Publishers:
- […] Works, which will assist these backward, untogether niggers [sic] in getting themselves together.
- (informal) Of a situation: not under control; chaotic, disorganized.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
not coordinated — see uncoordinated
Adverb edit
untogether (comparative more untogether, superlative most untogether)
- In a disorderly manner; apart.
- 2006, John Kevin Young, Black Writers, White Publishers:
- Just as Hinckle terms the dispersed text of Jes Grew “Untogether,” [...]
Noun edit
untogether (uncountable)
- That which is not together.
- 2007, Gordon Marino, Basic Writings of Existentialism:
- We characterize the together, or the untogether based on it, as a rum. The untogether belonging to such a mode of the together, lacking as something outstanding, can, however, by no means ontologically define the not-yet that belongs to Da-sein as its possible death.
Translations edit
that which is not together
References edit
- ^ “untogether, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2022; “untogether, adj.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.