disordered
adjective
dis·or·dered
(ˌ)dis-ˈȯr-dərd 
(ˌ)diz-
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a
: marked by disorder
a disordered room
b
: not functioning in a normal orderly healthy way
a disordered mind
disorderedly
adverb
disorderedness
noun
Synonyms
Examples of disordered in a Sentence
The project was in a disordered state.
The file was completely disordered.
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Thus did the conservative loose cannonballs come eventually to dominate the GOP—and define our disordered political era.
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Daniel Schlozman & Sam Rosenfeld / Made By History, TIME, 10 June 2024
It is associated with hallucinations, delusions, and extremely disordered thinking and behavior that impairs daily functioning, and can be disabling.
—Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
By that October, the DRX Consortium, led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, had announced plans for incorporating DRX, short for disordered rock salt, into lithium-ion batteries.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Sep. 2021
Rather than having a set structure, intrinsically disordered proteins seem to have entire sections that can flap around in the breeze of Brownian motion and, yet, were critical to the protein's structure.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 19 Sep. 2023
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Daniel Schlozman & Sam Rosenfeld / Made By History, TIME, 10 June 2024
It is associated with hallucinations, delusions, and extremely disordered thinking and behavior that impairs daily functioning, and can be disabling.
—Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
By that October, the DRX Consortium, led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, had announced plans for incorporating DRX, short for disordered rock salt, into lithium-ion batteries.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Sep. 2021
Rather than having a set structure, intrinsically disordered proteins seem to have entire sections that can flap around in the breeze of Brownian motion and, yet, were critical to the protein's structure.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 19 Sep. 2023
See all Example Sentences for disordered
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“Disordered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disordered. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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