Esp. of discourse: consisting of separate or poorly-connected parts; disjointed, unconnected; incoherent.

Of words or a discourse: Without proper connection or sequence; disconnected; incoherent.

Checked, chequered. gen. Hence †checkie-wise adv.

Of speech, writing, etc.: unstructured, aimless, incoherent; straying from one subject to another.

Of literary productions, style, etc.

(un-, prefix1 affix 2.)

Having the constituent parts badly connected; without logical connection. Also: (of a speaker or writer) incoherent, rambling.

Of style: Clipped, disjointed.

Of or designating an uneven, limping gait. Also in extended use: disjointed; clumsy, awkward.

Agitated, excited; emotional, high-strung; given to outbursts of excitement; characterized by a disjointed or unequal style of expression.

Of language, literature, or literary style: lacking coherence or unity; patchy or inconsistent with regard to quality. Also: characterized by or…

Of the nature of, suggestive of, a snippet or snippets; composed of snippets or scraps.

Characteristic of or befitting a rantipole; wild, disorderly, rakish, boisterous; (also) crazy, wildly irrational or eccentric.