out of joint (Meaning)
out of joint
being a function of or involving two or more variables and especially random variables, involving the united activity of two or more, the flexing part of a cover along either spine edge of a book, having the head slipped from its socket, sharing with another, a part or space included between two articulations, knots, or nodes, a cheap or shabby place of entertainment, shared by or affecting two or more, to prepare (something, such as a board) for joining by planing the edge, a marijuana cigarette, united, joined, or sharing with another (as in a right or status), united sense 1, combined, a space between the adjacent surfaces of two bodies (such as bricks) joined and held together (as by cement or mortar), a place where two things or parts are joined, a part or space included between two joints, knots, or nodes, a large piece of meat for roasting, place entry 1 sense 2b, establishment, at variance, the point of contact of two bones in the animal body often including the surrounding and supporting parts, to unite by a joint, a fracture or crack in rock not accompanied by dislocation, common to two or more, involving the combined activity or negligence of two or more, to separate the joints of, a shabby or disreputable place of entertainment, place, establishment, to provide with a joint, constituting an action or expression of two or more governments, constituting an activity, operation, or organization in which elements of more than one armed service participate, a union formed by two abutting rails in a track including the elements (such as bars and bolts) necessary to hold the abutting rails together, being out of humor, prison sense 2, an area at which two ends, surfaces, or edges are attached, united, combined, the junction of two or more members of a framed structure, to fit together, node sense 5b, node sense 2, to fit as if by joints, done by or shared by two or more persons, the point of contact between elements of an animal skeleton with the parts that surround and support it, to form joints as a stage in growth, the point of contact between elements of an animal skeleton whether movable or rigidly fixed together with the surrounding and supporting parts (as membranes, tendons, or ligaments), disordered sense 2a
Synonyms & Antonyms of out of joint
out of joint Sentence Examples
- The injury had thrown his shoulder out of joint, causing excruciating pain.
- The company's finances were out of joint, resulting in severe cash flow problems.
- The political system was out of joint, with constant gridlock and partisan division.
- The family's relationships were out of joint, with frequent quarrels and estrangements.
- The whole world seemed out of joint after the global pandemic struck.
- The doctor skillfully manipulated the patient's arm back into joint.
- The economic downturn had thrown the global economy out of joint.
- The government's policies had created a system that was fundamentally out of joint.
- The discovery that the evidence was tampered with left the investigation out of joint.
- The therapist worked tirelessly to help the patient's mind and body come back into joint.
FAQs About the word out of joint
being a function of or involving two or more variables and especially random variables, involving the united activity of two or more, the flexing part of a cove
unhappy,dissatisfied, disillusioned, sad, unfulfilled,frustrated, displeased, disappointed, miserable, malcontent
content, pleased, satisfied, contented,happy, joyful, gratified, delighted, glad, joyous
The injury had thrown his shoulder out of joint, causing excruciating pain.
The company's finances were out of joint, resulting in severe cash flow problems.
The political system was out of joint, with constant gridlock and partisan division.
The family's relationships were out of joint, with frequent quarrels and estrangements.
