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disorganized

[ dis-awr-guh-nahyzd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

functioning without adequate order, systemization, or planning; uncoordinated:
a woefully disorganized enterprise.
Synonyms: disorderly, muddled
careless or undisciplined; sloppy:
too disorganized a person to be an agreeable roommate.

First recorded in 1805–15; disorganize + -ed ²

The rebels inside Syria, those whom Americans truly would like to help, are almost totally disorganized themselves.

But on the dissident-to-revolutionary left, the ranks are even more disorganized.

Our schools operate in an extraordinarily dense, disorganized regulatory environment.

The end result only confirmed its image as disorganized and ineffectual.

Chabon brings back the neighborhood record stores of my youth in all their disorganized and haphazard glory.

All were badly and insufficiently fed, as much from disorganized commissariat arrangements as from actual want of supplies.

Both flourished because the government was for the time disorganized by foreign invasion or by revolution.

Ignorant of the country, disorganized, and far from the Union lines, they strove in vain to escape.

An accident to the gravel train disorganized the work, and he and some others were dismissed for the afternoon.

My days were disorganized and I obeyed only the craving for excitement, movement, and rapidly succeeding sensations.

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