untogetheradj.

Brit.

/ˌʌntəˈɡɛðə/, U.S.

/ˌəntəˈɡɛðər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, together adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + together adj. Compare earlier untogetherness n.

1. colloquial. Of a person: lacking composure, common sense, or level-headedness; disorganized. Also of behaviour, a situation, etc.: not under control; chaotic, confused.In quot. 1969 perhaps with overtones of sense 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [adjective]

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untogether1969

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > capricious or whimsical

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untogether1969

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1969 J. Fabian & J. Byrne Groupie xxix. 206 As a group they are something else, but off-stage they're pretty untogether, and they need someone like me to get them to the top.

1972 Focus in Black Apr. 3 When we see these bands of apparently wasted youth, it is tempting and easy to dismiss their untogether behaviour as the result of some inherent ‘individual’ defect.

1990 Sun Herald (Sydney) (Nexis) 6 May (Late ed.) (Television section) 6 Life used to be very ‘untogether’ for Moore, who endured a rootless childhood as a result of regular job transfers for her newspaper executive father.

1993 Sunday Times (Nexis) 20 June (Features section) All of those students too untogether to organise a holiday job were hankering after the leftovers.

2007 Glamour Apr. 82/2 There are a number of pictures of me out there that show I'm often very untogether.

2. Of a performance, esp. a musical performance: lacking coordination or cohesion; characterized by poor timing.

ΚΠ

1970 Tempo No. 94. 23 Disturbed by personal/musical frictions inside the group, they did not give of their best, sounding very ‘untogether’ and tired.

1982 N. Schaffner Brit. Invasion 103/2 Kultists turned out in force, to witness perhaps the most untogether show Bill Graham ever presented on that legendary New York stage.

1996 Times (Nexis) 8 Feb. (Features section) The strings at moments were uncharacteristically out of tune and a bit untogether.

2006 Observer (Nexis) 21 May (Review Arts section) 17 The dancing on the first night began uncertainly. The early fairies were unmagical and their cavaliers comically untogether.

3. Lacking unity or a common purpose; not cohesive; divided, disunited.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > [adjective] > disunited

disunited1562

twain1600

untogether1971

1971 Ebony Sept. 114/1 The Black movement may be as incoherent and untogether as the movie says.

1982 V. Gamble in R. M. Morantz et al. In her own Words ix. 254 There really wasn't that much cohesiveness. I remember telling a friend it was the most untogether group of women that I'd ever met.

a1996 B. Laffan Communal Organization & Social Transition (1997) vii. 138 He agreed with the Brethren in its claim that JM was an ‘untogether’ collection of individuals with no common interest.

2016 Daily Times (Pakistan) (Nexis) 3 July It would be probably left to our individual exporters to try to diversify their markets to dilute the risks emanating from an uncertain and untogether Europe.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	untogether
释义	untogetheradj. Brit. /ˌʌntəˈɡɛðə/, U.S. /ˌəntəˈɡɛðər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, together adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + together adj. Compare earlier untogetherness n. 1. colloquial. Of a person: lacking composure, common sense, or level-headedness; disorganized. Also of behaviour, a situation, etc.: not under control; chaotic, confused.In quot. 1969 perhaps with overtones of sense 3. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [adjective] confusec1384 yblent1426 intermellé1487 farraginary1538 puddled1559 confused1576 promiscuous1579 pell-mell1584 ravelleda1586 mingle-mangle1589 rumblingc1598 skimble-skamble1598 huddle1601 plundered1601 promiscual1602 jumbled1611 promiscous1656 bedevilled1755 helter-skelter1785 muddly1829 hugger-mugger1840 wildered1853 pied1870 deurmekaar1871 mixed-up1888 screwed-up1942 snafu1942 scrambled1951 untogether1969 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > capricious or whimsical startfulmood?a1300 wildc1350 volage?a1366 gerfulc1374 geryc1386 wild-headeda1400 skittishc1412 gerish1430 shittle1440 shittle-witted1448 runningc1449 volageous1487 glaikit1488 fantasious1490 giggish1523 tickle or light of the sear?1530 fantastical1531 wayward1531 wantona1538 peevish1539 light-headed1549 humoral1573 unstaid1579 shittle-headed1580 toy-headed1581 fangled1587 humorous1589 choiceful1591 toyish1598 tricksy1598 skip-brain1603 capricious1605 humoursome1607 planetary1607 vertiginous1609 whimsieda1625 ingiddied1628 whimsy1637 toysome1638 cocklec1640 mercurial1647 garish1650 maggoty1650 kicksey-winseya1652 freakish1653 humourish1653 planetic1653 whimsical1653 shittle-braineda1655 freaking1663 maggoty-headed1667 maggot-pated1681 hoity-toity1690 maggotish1693 maggot-headeda1695 whimsy-headed1699 fantasque1701 crotchetly1702 quixotic1718 volatile1719 holloweda1734 conundrumical1743 flighty1768 fly-away1775 dizzy1780 whimmy1785 shy1787 whimming1787 quirky1789 notional1791 tricksome1815 vagarish1819 freakful1820 faddy1824 moodish1827 mawky1837 erratic1841 rockety1843 quirkish1848 maggoty-pated1850 crotchetya1854 freaksome1854 faddish1855 vagrom1882 fantasied1883 vagarisome1883 on-and-offish1888 tricksical1889 freaky1891 hobby-horsical1893 quirksome1896 temperamental1907 up and down1960 untogether1969 fanciful- fantastic- 1969 J. Fabian & J. Byrne Groupie xxix. 206 As a group they are something else, but off-stage they're pretty untogether, and they need someone like me to get them to the top. 1972 Focus in Black Apr. 3 When we see these bands of apparently wasted youth, it is tempting and easy to dismiss their untogether behaviour as the result of some inherent ‘individual’ defect. 1990 Sun Herald (Sydney) (Nexis) 6 May (Late ed.) (Television section) 6 Life used to be very ‘untogether’ for Moore, who endured a rootless childhood as a result of regular job transfers for her newspaper executive father. 1993 Sunday Times (Nexis) 20 June (Features section) All of those students too untogether to organise a holiday job were hankering after the leftovers. 2007 Glamour Apr. 82/2 There are a number of pictures of me out there that show I'm often very untogether. 2. Of a performance, esp. a musical performance: lacking coordination or cohesion; characterized by poor timing. ΚΠ 1970 Tempo No. 94. 23 Disturbed by personal/musical frictions inside the group, they did not give of their best, sounding very ‘untogether’ and tired. 1982 N. Schaffner Brit. Invasion 103/2 Kultists turned out in force, to witness perhaps the most untogether show Bill Graham ever presented on that legendary New York stage. 1996 Times (Nexis) 8 Feb. (Features section) The strings at moments were uncharacteristically out of tune and a bit untogether. 2006 Observer (Nexis) 21 May (Review Arts section) 17 The dancing on the first night began uncertainly. The early fairies were unmagical and their cavaliers comically untogether. 3. Lacking unity or a common purpose; not cohesive; divided, disunited. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > [adjective] > disunited disunited1562 twain1600 untogether1971 1971 Ebony Sept. 114/1 The Black movement may be as incoherent and untogether as the movie says. 1982 V. Gamble in R. M. Morantz et al. In her own Words ix. 254 There really wasn't that much cohesiveness. I remember telling a friend it was the most untogether group of women that I'd ever met. a1996 B. Laffan Communal Organization & Social Transition (1997) vii. 138 He agreed with the Brethren in its claim that JM was an ‘untogether’ collection of individuals with no common interest. 2016 Daily Times (Pakistan) (Nexis) 3 July It would be probably left to our individual exporters to try to diversify their markets to dilute the risks emanating from an uncertain and untogether Europe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1969
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