Meanings
comparative more uncoordinated · superlative most uncoordinated · alternative un-co-ordinated · alternative unco-ordinated · alternative uncoördinated
- Having components that act independently of each other.
- Not coordinated or properly planned.
- Lacking coordination.
Though occasionally a “flatliner” can be revived with a defib, it is most commonly used to change the uncoordinated contractions of the heart (fibrillation) into a normal sinus rhythm—that is, to defibrillate the heart.
2011, Laurence Street, Introduction to Biomedical Engineering Technology, page 125
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivelacking in cooperative planning and organization
adjectivelacking the skillful and effective interaction of muscle movements
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishcoordinated
- Englishuncoordinated
From un- + coordinated.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 不协调的
- 不协调的of a body movement
Finnish johtamaton, koordinoimaton
- johtamatonEach item acting independently of others
- koordinoimatonEach item acting independently of others
- ilman keskitettyä johtoaEach item acting independently of others
- suunnittelematonof a project etc
- koordinoimatonof a project etc
- epätasapainoinenof a body movement
- horjuvaof a body movement
German unkoordiniert
- unkoordiniertof a project etc
Māori tautauāmoa, pōrahu
- tautauāmoaEach item acting independently of others
- pōrahuof a project etc
- ninipaof a project etc
- pakihawaof a project etc
- ninipaof a body movement
- pakihawaof a body movement
- pōrahuof a body movement
- pōrahurahuof a body movement
Romanian necoordonat
- necoordonatof a project etc
Cite this entry
uncoordinated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncoordinated
“uncoordinated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncoordinated. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncoordinated,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncoordinated.
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