disarray
verb (used with object)
to put out of array or order; throw into disorder.
disarrayed
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past participleof disarray.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof disarray.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
disarrayverb (used with object)to put out of array or order; throw into disorder.
Example Sentences
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Broadcasting from the station’s small Brooklyn storefront, director Ricot Dupuy has fielded calls suggesting dark theories about the assassins or sharing fears for a motherland becoming further disarrayed.
From Reuters ● Jul. 9, 2021
She jabbed her chin at the disarrayed skeletons.
From Nature ● Jul. 31, 2013
Mr. Arpino, 60, was standing in the disarrayed showroom of Rootstein Display Mannequins in Chelsea, where he is the creative director.
From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2012
Good shot: Mary, her hair disarrayed by the wind, snuggling up to John for a kiss, in the front seat of a prairie schooner.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was half-empty and the clothes were disarrayed and tumbled.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
