disarrange

[dis-uh-reynj]

verb (used with object)

disarranged, disarranging 

1. to disturb the arrangement of; disorder; unsettle.

disarrange

/ ˌdɪsəˈreɪndʒ /

verb

1. (tr) to throw into disorder

Other Word Forms

• disarrangement noun
• disarranger noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of disarrange¹

First recorded in 1735–45; dis- ¹ + arrange

Example Sentences

It doesn't take long to decide whether Netflix’s “3 Body Problem” is extraordinary or a disarranged travesty.

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Was her hair unkempt, or her clothing disarranged?

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Those of us with brains long since disarranged from a lifelong soak in college football must adapt now.

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For his solo work “Compression,” the choreographer Niall Jones has arranged, or disarranged, a small theater at Performance Space New York into this in-between state.

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He felt his feet leave the roof as the maddened sparrow heaved away at the belt, causing the scabbard to become disarranged.

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