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It is studied when inclusions between rearrangement invariant function spaces on the interval [0,∞) are disjointly strictly singular operators. In particular suitable criteria, in terms of the fundamental function, for the inclusions $L¹ ∩ L^{∞} ↪ E$ and $E ↪ L¹ + L^{∞}$ to be disjointly strictly singular are shown. Applications to the classes of Lorentz and Marcinkiewicz spaces are given.