disordered

[ dis-awr-derd ]

/ dɪsˈɔr dərd /

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adjective

lacking organization or in confusion; disarranged.

having or affected with a physical or mental disorder: a disordered liver.

OTHER WORDS FOR disordered

1 confused, disarrayed, haphazard.

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Origin of disordered

First recorded in 1540–50; disorder + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM disordered

dis·or·dered·ly, adverbdis·or·dered·ness, nounpre·dis·or·dered, adjectiveun·dis·or·dered, adjective

Words nearby disordered

disodium phosphate, disomic, disoperation, disopyramide, disorder, disordered, disorderly, disorderly conduct, disorderly house, disorderly person, disorder of sex development

How to use disordered in a sentence

Halfway through recording, Apple, who had struggled with disordered eating, went back into therapy.
‘Tidal’ made Fiona Apple a star 25 years ago. Its success nearly overwhelmed her.|Allison Stewart|July 22, 2021|Washington Post
They range from emotional distress – depressive symptoms, anxiety, low self-esteem – to disordered eating, unhealthy eating behaviors, lower physical activity, weight gain, increased physiological stress and avoiding health care.
Weight Stigma Is A Burden Around The World – And Has Negative Consequences Everywhere|LGBTQ-Editor|June 7, 2021|No Straight News
If the universe chooses from all the possible states at random, you can bet that it’s going to end up with one of the vast set of disordered possibilities.
How Maxwell’s Demon Continues to Startle Scientists|Jonathan O'Callaghan|April 22, 2021|Quanta Magazine
Bazzi, a former Division I runner, says athletic culture commonly normalizes disordered behaviors.
How Nature Helped Me Recover from an Eating Disorder|Kate Siber|March 25, 2021|Outside Online

The researchers pointed out that while clean eating is often portrayed as healthy, it is often linked with disordered eating.
There Are No Rules for Healthy Eating|Christine Byrne|January 22, 2021|Outside Online
Eating disorders, researchers believed, were essentially more severe forms of disordered eating.
How Skinny Is Too Skinny? Israel Bans ‘Underweight’ Models|Carrie Arnold|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Prevent disordered eating, then, and you can prevent eating disorders.
How Skinny Is Too Skinny? Israel Bans ‘Underweight’ Models|Carrie Arnold|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
If the Israel model ban were directed towards disordered eating, Ravin says she would support it whole-heartedly.
How Skinny Is Too Skinny? Israel Bans ‘Underweight’ Models|Carrie Arnold|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Disordered eating is also linked to higher rates of depression and anxiety, both in the present and in the future.
How Skinny Is Too Skinny? Israel Bans ‘Underweight’ Models|Carrie Arnold|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial.
Catholic University’s Harvey Milk Ban Reflects A Church In Transition|Jay Michaelson|October 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On May 13 Polavieja arrived in Barcelona physically broken, half blind, and with evident traces of a disordered liver.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
Whose nerves are not disordered in our generation—especially among artists?
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky
My throat has been disordered for the past three years, and I have been compelled to almost abandon public speaking.
Portrait and Biography of Parson Brownlow, The Tennessee Patriot|William Gannaway Brownlow
She at length wrote to him in language which she never would have used if her intellect had not been disordered.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
He found the city of Lige in debt, and the public service disordered by want of money.
Belgium|George W. T. (George William Thomson) Omond