disarrange

American  

[dis-uh-reynj] / ˌdɪs əˈreɪndʒ /

verb (used with object)

disarranged, disarranging

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

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disarrange British  

/ ˌdɪsəˈreɪndʒ /

verb

1. (tr) to throw into disorder

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Other Word Forms

• disarrangement noun
• disarranger noun

Etymology

Origin of disarrange

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

Example Sentences

Then guards would deliberately disarrange the pile and announce that everyone must be dressed in five minutes.

From Time Magazine Archive

“So your pelo loco, like clippings of grass, will not disarrange this house,” she says.

From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads

Eyes still watering and head still throbbing, he drew his wand, careful not to disarrange the Cloak, and waited, breath held.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

Some say, why not widen Washington Street taking forty or fifty feet of private land along its westerly side and do nothing to disarrange the rest of the property between Washington Street and Fulton Street?

From Down Town Brooklyn A Report to the Comptroller of the City of New York on Sites for Public Buildings and the Relocation of the Elevated Railroad Tracks now in Lower Fulton Street, Borough of Brooklyn by

“Just as I might disarrange the cushions of your chair?”

From The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett by MacKenzie, Compton