Definition of disarray
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: disorderly dress : dishabille
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Examples of disarray in a Sentence
The room was in disarray.
The company has fallen into complete disarray.
Recent Examples of disarray from the Web
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That will be a tall order as Pompeo takes over a State Department widely thought to be in disarray.
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All this is happening as the administration's national security team is in disarray.
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The department is scheduled to begin interviewing new candidates as soon as next week to re-establish a program that is in disarray.
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But some government officials, including some of Pruitt’s own aides, pushed back against the spending requests and reportedly were sidelined as a result, pointing to an agency staff in disarray.
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The 49-year-old had been Hughes' head coach for the last five seasons and his death left the program in disarray.
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President Trump's legal team and strategy for the sprawling Russia investigation appeared in disarray Thursday after the lawyer negotiating a possible presidential interview with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III abruptly resigned.
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With Mr Dowd’s resignation, reportedly over Mr Trump’s refusal to heed his advice and avoid an in-person interview with Mr Mueller, the legal team in charge of defending the president is in disarray.
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It's not lost on lawmakers and observers that Trump is debating whether to sit down with Mueller for a potentially perilous interview, with a quickly thinning legal team in disarray.
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Origin and Etymology of disarray
disarray Synonyms
Synonyms
chaos, confusion, disarrangement, dishevelment, disorder, disorderedness, disorderliness, disorganization, free-for-all, havoc, heck, hell, jumble, mare's nest, mess, messiness, misorder, muddle, muss, shambles, tumble, welter;
Antonyms
Definition of disarray
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: to throw into disorder
- The discarded magazines and newspapers, the layers of dust and disarrayed rugs …
- —Gloria Naylor
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: undress
Examples of disarray in a Sentence
he had accidentally disarrayed his brother's CDs, leaving a telltale sign of borrowing without permission
Recent Examples of disarray from the Web
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In this one, the first of a series published from 1935 to 1961, readers are introduced to a nervous Londoner named Pongo Twistleton, whose orderly life is disarrayed by the visit of his peremptory and mischievous uncle Fred from the country.
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Origin and Etymology of disarray
Middle English disarayen, from Anglo-French desaraier, from des- dis- + arraier to array
disarray Synonyms
Synonyms
confuse, derange, disarrange, discompose, dishevel, disjoint, dislocate, disorder, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, hash, jumble, mess (up), mix (up), muddle, muss, rumple, scramble, shuffle, tousle, tumble, upset;
Antonyms
arrange, array, dispose, draw up, marshal (also marshall), order, organize, range, regulate, straighten (up), tidy;
Near Antonyms
align (also aline), line, line up, queue;
DISARRAY Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of disarray for English Language Learners
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: a lack of order : a confused or messy condition
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Definition of disarray for Students
: a confused or messy condition
- The room was in complete disarray.
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