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English
Etymology
The adjective and adverb are derived from un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + together.[1] The noun is probably derived from the adjective.
Pronunciation
Adjective
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
Translations
Adverb
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
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
that which is not together
- Finnish: ei yhdessä (adverb)
- Macedonian: please add this translation if you can
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