dissected

[ dih-sek-tid, dahy- ]

adjective

1. Botany. deeply divided into numerous segments, as a leaf.
2. Physical Geography. separated, by erosion, into many closely spaced crevices or gorges, as the surface of a plateau.

dissected

/ daɪ-; dɪˈsɛktɪd /

adjective

1. botany in the form of narrow lobes or segments

   dissected leaves

2. geology (of plains) cut by erosion into hills and valleys, esp following tectonic movements

Other Words From

• undis·sected adjective
• well-dis·sected adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of dissected¹

First recorded in 1625–35; dissect + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Pundit after pundit has dissected United's lack of co-ordinated pressing, with Sky's Jamie Carragher labelling Ten Hag's side as "one of the worst coached teams" he had seen.

From BBC

“I still grapple with the guilt of having dissected a man who may have wanted to rest in peace,” she wrote.

From Salon

Modern-day fandom can be intense, so much so that the minuscule details of an actor’s personal life are dissected — a topic that was skewered in “The Other Two.”

From Los Angeles Times

He didn’t just passively watch the spaghetti westerns of Sergio Leone or the grindhouse films of the 1970s, he dissected them scene by scene.

From BBC

Then Redick paused and started to laugh, almost as if he could imagine the pinging of his phone after his sideline behavior got dissected.

From Los Angeles Times