diff --git a/txexpr/base.rkt b/txexpr/base.rkt
index 9fb3586..0b8d45d 100644
--- a/txexpr/base.rkt
+++ b/txexpr/base.rkt
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 #lang racket/base
-(require racket/match racket/function racket/format sugar/define sugar/list sugar/coerce racket/string racket/list xml)
+(require racket/match sugar/define sugar/list sugar/coerce racket/string racket/list xml)
 (provide cdata? cdata valid-char? xexpr->string xexpr?) ; from xml
 (provide empty) ; from racket/list
 
+(define ((disjoin . funcs) x)
+  (for/or ([func (in-list funcs)])
+          (func x)))
+
 ;; Section 2.2 of XML 1.1
 ;; (XML 1.0 is slightly different and more restrictive)
 ;; make private version of my-valid-char to get consistent results with Racket 6.0