Misjoined

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. A circumstance in which two or more components are incorrectly connected or associated with each other
2. Joined together in a mistaken or improper way that causes a faulty connection
3. Improperly linked or attached to one another resulting in a flawed union

Etymology: "Misjoined" is the past tense and past participle of "misjoin," a verb formed from the prefix "mis-," meaning wrongly or badly, and "join." The pattern is a simple one: English speakers took an existing verb and attached "mis-" to give it the sense of doing the action incorrectly. "Join" itself came into English from Old French "joindre," which descends from Latin "iungere," meaning to yoke or connect, so the core idea of the word is one of fastening things together. The result is a verb whose meaning sits neatly between its two parts. To misjoin something is to link it in the wrong way, so that the connection, though physically made, produces a flawed union. The word is most often applied to things that were meant to fit together, such as pieces of wood, pipes or sentences, and it describes the fault in the joining rather than the parts themselves.

Synonyms: misconnected, misattached, dislocated, disjoined, separated

Antonyms: joined, attached, connected, united, coupled