untogether

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UK/ˌʌntəˈɡɛðə/US/ˌʌntəˈɡɛðəɹ/

adjective

Not cohesive or united; disunited, disparate, separated; also, not coordinated; uncoordinated.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

adjectiveuntogether (comparative more untogether, superlative most untogether)

comparative more untogether · superlative most untogether

  1. Not together.
    1. informalOf a person or their behaviour: not composed; disorganized, sloppy.

      This here little Sister name Mae was most definitely untogether.

      2005, H. D. Adamson, Language Minority Students in American Schools
      1 more example

      […] Works, which will assist these backward, untogether niggers [sic] in getting themselves together.

      2006, John Kevin Young, Black Writers, White Publishers

      Synonyms: uncollected, uncomposed

    2. informalOf a situation: not under control; chaotic, disorganized.
adverbuntogether (comparative more untogether, superlative most untogether)

comparative more untogether · superlative most untogether

  1. In a disorderly manner; apart.

    Just as Hinckle terms the dispersed text of Jes Grew “Untogether,” [...]

    2006, John Kevin Young, Black Writers, White Publishers
noununtogether (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThat which is not together.

    We characterize the together, or the untogether based on it, as a rum. The untogether belonging to such a mode of the together, lacking as something outstanding, can, however, by no means ontologically define the not-yet that belongs to Da-sein as its possible death.

    2007, Gordon Marino, Basic Writings of Existentialism

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf a person or their behaviour: not composed; disorganized, sloppy.

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Origin

The adjective and adverb are derived from un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + together. The noun is probably derived from the adjective.

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Translations

Finnish ei yhdessä
  • ei yhdessäthat which is not together

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

untogether. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untogether

MLA

“untogether.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untogether. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “untogether,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untogether.

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