adjective
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untidy; irregular
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uncontrolled; unruly
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law violating public peace or order
adverb
Other Word Forms
- disorderliness noun
- undisorderly adjective
Etymology
Origin of disorderly
Example Sentences
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He noted that a break below 3.75% on the 10-year yield which unfolds in the course of one week would be a “disorderly move.”
From MarketWatch
AI disruption is likely the larger overhang and remains evident in the disorderly nature of selloffs in software, financials services, and other sectors, such as private credit markets, exposed to the adoption of new technologies.
From Barron's
“The financial system, optimized over decades for a world of scarce human minds, is repricing. That repricing is painful, disorderly, and far from complete.”
From Barron's
It also brings them in line with race and religion, which already have defined charges, such as racially-aggravated disorderly behaviour.
From BBC
Her real-time agony reminds us that tragedies like hers can happen to anyone, and that they are disorderly and unpredictable by their nature.
From Salon
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