disjointment

I wanted the reader to feel a sense of displacement, disjointment where Stark and this America were concerned, while keeping the readerly flow in Mexico smooth and easy, so that modern Americans would feel a sense of comfort there.

tyger tyger jlundberg 2006

Suddenly he found that he no longer yearned for words in which to tell her of her disjointment, but for something else -- anything else -- to say.

Little Citizens Myra Kelly 1893

Suddenly he found that he no longer yearned for words in which to tell her of her disjointment, but for something else -- anything else -- to say.

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume III. (of X.) Various 1887