disorganized

adjective

dis·​or·​ga·​nized (ˌ)dis-ˈȯr-gə-ˌnīzd How to pronounce disorganized (audio)
: lacking coherence, system, or central guiding agency : not organized
disorganized work habits

Examples of disorganized in a Sentence

The meeting was very disorganized.
Recent Examples on the Web The military has also sought to indoctrinate its forces, soldiers said, alternately portraying rebels as disorganized forces that are easy to defeat and ruthless fighters who kill soldiers without exception. Rebecca Tan, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024 The 600-page report found that police officers responded to 911 calls within minutes, but waited to enter classrooms and had a disorganized response. CBS News, 19 Jan. 2024 Schizophrenia can produce persistent delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized thinking. Bill Sullivan, Discover Magazine, 2 Jan. 2024 These spheres, which reflect light like miniature disco balls, form a disorganized array with gaps in between them, so the crustaceans can still see. Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023 As always, this is an idiosyncratic, incomplete, and subjective list, the result of one person’s avid but disorganized reading schedule. Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2023 Moorehead had garnered a reputation for rogue and disorganized excavations of tribal ancestral sites in Ohio and New Mexico. Mary Hudetz, ProPublica, 4 Dec. 2023 The activity was more disorganized and fragmented across the brain and did not look like the more in-sync patterns the brain exhibits during normal memory formation. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 Nov. 2023 Clinically speaking the term psychosis refers to symptoms showing loss of capacity to assess reality and primarily characterized by hallucinations, delusions and disorganized thinking. Greg Licholai, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1801, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of disorganized was in 1801

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“Disorganized.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disorganized. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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