straggling as an adjective: - 1
straggling
adjective
1 straggling
Spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly:
— Straggling branches.
synonyms: rambling, sprawling, straggly.
Roget 44:
disjoined
etc.
v.;
discontinuous
etc.
70;
multipartite†,
abstract;
disjunctive;
secant;
isolated
etc.
v.;
insular,
separate,
disparate,
discrete,
apart,
asunder,
far between,
loose,
free;
unattached,
unannexed,
unassociated,
unconnected;
distinct;
adrift;
straggling;
rift,
reft†.
[capable of being cut]
scissile [Chem],
divisible,
discerptible†,
partible,
separable.
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Roget 59:
disorderly,
orderless;
out of order,
out of place,
out of gear;
irregular,
desultory;
anomalous
etc.
(unconformable)
83;
acephalous†,
deranged;
aimless;
disorganized;
straggling;
unmethodical,
immethodical†;
unsymmetric†,
unsystematic;
untidy,
slovenly;
dislocated;
out of sorts;
promiscuous,
indiscriminate;
chaotic,
anarchical;
unarranged
etc.
(arrange)
etc.
60;
confused;
deranged
etc.
61;
topsy-turvy
etc.
(inverted)
218;
shapeless
etc.
241;
disjointed,
out of joint.
troublous†;
riotous
etc.
(violent)
173.
complex
etc.
59.1.
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Moby thesaurus: aimless, amorphous, broadcast, capricious, casual, circumforaneous, desultory, diffuse, disarticulated, discontinuous, discrete, discursive, disjunct, disordered, dispersed, dispread, disproportionate, disseminated, dissipated, distributed, divagatory, dragged out, drawn, drawn out, drifting, elongated, errant, erratic, extended, fitful, flitting, floating, footloose, footloose and fancy-free, formless, frivolous, fugitive, gadding, gratuitous, gypsy-like, gypsyish, haphazard, hit-or-miss, immethodical, inchoate, incoherent, indiscriminate, irregular, landloping, lengthened, meandering, meaningless, migrational, migratory, misshapen, nomad, nomadic, nonsymmetrical, nonsystematic, nonuniform, orderless, planless, prolongated, prolonged, promiscuous, protracted, pulled, rambling, random, ranging, roaming, roving, scattered, senseless, shapeless, shifting, sparse, spasmodic, sporadic, spread, spun out, straggly, strained, straying, stretched, stretched out, strewn, strolling, strown, strung out, systemless, taut, tense, tight, traipsing, transient, transitory, transmigratory, unarranged, unclassified, undirected, ungraded, unjoined, unmethodical, unordered, unorganized, unsorted, unsymmetrical, unsystematic, ununiform, vagabond, vagrant, vague, wandering, widespread ... show more.
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