disorderly

[ dis-awr-der-lee ]

/ dɪsˈɔr dər li /

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adjective

characterized by disorder; irregular; untidy; confused: a disorderly desk.

unruly; turbulent; tumultuous: a disorderly mob.

Law. contrary to public order or morality.

adverb

in a disorderly manner.

Nearby words

disomic, disoperation, disopyramide, disorder, disordered, disorderly, disorderly conduct, disorderly house, disorderly person, disorganization, disorganize

Origin of disorderly

First recorded in 1555–65; dis-¹ + orderly

Related forms

dis·or·der·li·ness, nounun·dis·or·der·ly, adjective

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Examples from the Web for disorderly

In 2007, at Jamaica high school in Queens, teachers started calling 911 to get police to help them deal with disorderly students.
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A new book about Victorian-era London reminds us that unregulated, disorderly places grow into great metropolises.
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Petit turned himself over to police and was arrested for disorderly conduct and criminal trespassing.
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He was arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct in New Orleans.
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He was ultimately fined $600 for two citations of disorderly conduct.
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Sound and thriuing plants in a good soile, will euer yeeld too much wood, and disorderly, but neuer too little.
A New Orchard And Garden|William Lawson
He had about decided to plead guilty in the Magistrate's Court to disorderly conduct and all the rest of it!
Astounding Stories, April, 1931|Various
I saw instead a crowd of fellows on the porch who made our dejection look like disorderly conduct.
At Good Old Siwash|George Fitch
The harmless patient of the asylum ward becomes out of it a mischievous, disorderly, and probably dangerous lunatic.
On the State of Lunacy and the Legal Provision for the Insane|John T. Arlidge
The ribbon-weaving villages north of Coventry are a disorderly eruption from the town.
Recent Developments in European Thought|Various

British Dictionary definitions for disorderly

disorderly

/ (dɪsˈɔːdəlɪ) /

adjective

untidy; irregular

uncontrolled; unruly

law violating public peace or order

adverb

in an irregular or confused manner

Derived Forms

disorderliness, noun

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