untogether meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

untogether

adj

UK /ˌʌntəˈɡɛðə/ · US /ˌʌntəˈɡɛðəɹ/

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

› Not together.

Not cohesive or united; disunited, disparate, separated; also, not coordinated; uncoordinated.

Informal Of a person or their behaviour: not composed; disorganized, sloppy.

This here little Sister name Mae was most definitely untogether.2005, H. D. Adamson, Language Minority Students in American Schools:
[…] Works, which will assist these backward, untogether niggers [sic] in getting themselves together.2006, John Kevin Young, Black Writers, White Publishers:

Informal Of a situation: not under control; chaotic, disorganized.

adv

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

In a disorderly manner; apart.

Just as Hinckle terms the dispersed text of Jes Grew “Untogether,” [...]2006, John Kevin Young, Black Writers, White Publishers:

noun

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

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:

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