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• past tense form of disorder.
• past participle of disorder.

disordered

American  

[dis-awr-derd] / dɪsˈɔr dərd /

adjective

1. lacking organization or in confusion; disarranged.

   Synonyms:

   haphazard, confused

2. having or affected with a physical or mental disorder.

   a disordered liver.

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Other Word Forms

• disorderedness
  noun
• predisordered
  adjective
• undisordered
  adjective
• disorderedly
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of disordered

First recorded in 1540–50; disorder + -ed ²

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Example Sentences

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disordered

Rather than simply becoming disordered, the particles rearrange themselves into an unusual configuration that behaves differently from the quantum systems scientists have traditionally studied.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

Bossy’s direction raises the clamorous volume instead of sorting out the disordered structure or digging into the unexamined silences.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Rather than understanding dissociation as a symptom of disordered eating, researchers increasingly consider how it may both emerge from and help maintain these patterns.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

Dr Neil Stanley, sleep expert and author of the book How to Sleep Well, argues that gamifying sleep is creating more disordered sleeping.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

I did not feel disordered nor divided in the least.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

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