disorganize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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Present
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disorganizesimple
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disorganizessimple
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have disorganizedperfect
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has disorganizedperfect
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am disorganizingprogressive
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are disorganizingprogressive
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is disorganizingprogressive
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have been disorganizingperfect progressive
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has been disorganizingperfect progressive
Past
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disorganizedsimple
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had disorganizedperfect
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was disorganizingprogressive
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were disorganizingprogressive
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had been disorganizingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of disorganize
1785–95; < French désorganiser, equivalent to dés- dis- 1 + organiser to organize
Example Sentences
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He was said to have bribed the Chairman of the Soviet Meat Trust, Professor Alexander Riazanzev, to "disorganize the Soviet food distribution system and promote wholesale famine in Russia."
From Time Magazine Archive
"The enemy loosed his attacks on the central front to disorganize the moves of German reserves."
From Time Magazine Archive
It might disorganize Red China's industries and communications, notably coastal shipping.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not to get the resources of Russia for wartime use; war would further disorganize Russia's badly organized productive capacity.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is, basically, a response to propaganda, something like the panic-producing pheromones that slave-taking ants re lease to disorganize the colonies of their prey.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
Blanchard recommends expanding the export controls from defense-related production to “anything which disorganizes production” in the Russian economy.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2022
“Not only does the current protocol fail to protect students, staff and their families, but it also completely disorganizes schools.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2022
For the Communists to practice drastic reform as they made war was relatively easy, for in partisan warfare anything that disorganizes society operates to the enemy's disadvantage.
From Time Magazine Archive
The congestion, or overfilling with blood, causes pressure on the brain substance and disorganizes its function.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
But a long opposition influences and disorganizes the judgment, forms not those genuine statesmen able to grasp great events.
From Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 by De Gurowski, Adam G., count
“It’s majorly disorganized, which is weird for our country,” McFarlane added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
She hurried back as the fires broke containment, but her absence, which her social media posts seemed to obscure, became the symbol of a disorganized response to the disaster.
From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2026
Gorka’s long-awaited strategy, Clarke and Ware said in an op-ed, could help clarify White House thinking on how to handle threats when “defenses are divided, disorganized and under-resourced.”
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2026
Schizophrenia, which can involve hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thinking, has often been linked to this mechanism.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 16, 2026
She’s the business end of Dad’s handyman service, and since Dad has an aversion to paperwork, things would be completely disorganized without her.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
This double-sax quartet pays homage to Charlie Parker by cutting up, slowing down and disorganizing his compositions.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2018
One progress report notes that she “seemed to contribute a somewhat disorganizing influence to the class.”
From Slate ● Dec. 3, 2015
Employed in the six-man dance band which his father led as a weekend hobby, twelve-year-old Ralph soon began disorganizing the outfit with Waller-style chords and riffs plus a smattering of local St. Louis ragtime.
From Time Magazine Archive
Many of the assembled diplomats were forcibly reminded of Castro's disorganizing power back in their home territories.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is, however, the greatest means for organizing, disorganizing and reorganizing social relations.
From Our Revolution Essays on Working-Class and International Revolution, 1904-1917 by Trotzky, Leon Davidovich
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