unorganized

[uhn-awr-guh-nahyzd]

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adjective

not organized; without organic structure.
not formed into an organized or systematized whole: an unorganized essay.
without definite boundaries: unorganized territory.

not thinking or acting methodically.
not belonging to or represented by a labor union: unorganized workers.

Origin of unorganized

First recorded in 1680–90; un-¹ + organized

Can be confuseddisorganized unorganized

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2. casual, unsystematic, random, haphazard.

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Examples from the Web for unorganized

Contemporary Examples

But powerful, unorganized militant groups may pose problems after this period of turmoil plays out, leaving behind a power vacuum.
Nigeria’s Do-It-Yourself Boko Haram Busters
Nina Strochlic
May 16, 2014
But one of the principal causes has been the relative impotence of the unorganized and divided Arab and Muslim political response.
Arab Americans Need Political Normalization
Hussein Ibish
November 12, 2012
But it was still an unorganized effort, while Limbaugh has a powerful bully pulpit, he does not have a political machine.
Operation Hilarity: Democrats for Santorum and Other Party-Crossing Mischief
Ben Jacobs
February 29, 2012

Historical Examples

Exception must be made, of course, of the unorganized sports of childhood.
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii
Nathaniel Bright Emerson
Imitation of the living by the unorganized may, however, go a good way.
Creative Evolution
Henri Bergson
Between the organized and the unorganized they do not see and they will not see the cleft.
Creative Evolution
Henri Bergson
The understanding is at home in the domain of unorganized matter.
Creative Evolution
Henri Bergson
The nearest part of the unorganized West was adjacent to Missouri.
The Last American Frontier
Frederic L. (Frederic Logan) Paxson

British Dictionary definitions for unorganized

unorganized

unorganised

adjective

not arranged into an organized system, structure, or unity
(of workers) not unionized
nonliving; inorganic

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Word Origin and History for unorganized

adj.

1680s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of organize.

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Examples from the Web for unorganized

Contemporary Examples

But powerful, unorganized militant groups may pose problems after this period of turmoil plays out, leaving behind a power vacuum.

But one of the principal causes has been the relative impotence of the unorganized and divided Arab and Muslim political response.

But it was still an unorganized effort, while Limbaugh has a powerful bully pulpit, he does not have a political machine.

Historical Examples

Exception must be made, of course, of the unorganized sports of childhood.

Imitation of the living by the unorganized may, however, go a good way.

Between the organized and the unorganized they do not see and they will not see the cleft.

The understanding is at home in the domain of unorganized matter.

The nearest part of the unorganized West was adjacent to Missouri.

unorganized

unorganised

Word Origin and History for unorganized

adj.

Origin of unorganized