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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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Etymology

Origin of disordered

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

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As a psychiatrist, he was mindful of the whole person who was suffering—not merely a disordered brain.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

Like all grieving, it is complicated and disordered, and beautifully so.

From Salon Jul. 24, 2026

This observation informs her compelling geopolitical picaresque through a collection of disputed and disordered territories across Europe and Asia.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

Gallium is also valuable because it can dissolve other metals, making it useful for producing liquid metal catalysts and `self-assembling structures,' in which disordered materials spontaneously organize themselves into ordered forms.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

His life had been confused and disordered since then, but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly, he could find out what that thing was.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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