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untogether en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌʌntəˈɡɛðəɹ/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌʌntəˈɡɛðə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

The adjective and adverb are derived from un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + together. The noun is probably derived from the adjective.

Meanings

  1. Not together. ▸ Not cohesive or united; disunited, disparate, separated; also, not coordinated; uncoordinated.
  2. (informal) Not together. ▸ Of a person or their behaviour: not composed; disorganized, sloppy.
    • […] Works, which will assist these backward, untogether niggers [sic] in getting themselves together. 2006, John Kevin Young, Black Writers, White Publishers:
    • This here little Sister name Mae was most definitely untogether. 2005, H. D. Adamson, Language Minority Students in American Schools:
  3. (informal) Not together. ▸ Of a situation: not under control; chaotic, disorganized.

Forms

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more untogether Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most untogether Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

untogetherness

Synonyms

uncomposed · uncollected

untogether en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /ˌʌntəˈɡɛðəɹ/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌʌntəˈɡɛðə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

The adjective and adverb are derived from un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + together. The noun is probably derived from the adjective.

Meanings

  1. In a disorderly manner; apart.
    • Just as Hinckle terms the dispersed text of Jes Grew “Untogether,” [...] 2006, John Kevin Young, Black Writers, White Publishers:

Forms

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more untogether Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most untogether Degree=Sup lexicographic

untogether en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌʌntəˈɡɛðəɹ/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌʌntəˈɡɛðə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

The adjective and adverb are derived from un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + together. The noun is probably derived from the adjective.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) That which is not together.
    • 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. 2007, Gordon Marino, Basic Writings of Existentialism:

Translations (1)

fi ei yhdessä (that which is not together)