disorganized

adjective dis·or·ga·nized \ -ˌnīzd \

|Updated on: 19 Jul 2018

Examples: disorganized in a Sentence

Definition of disorganized

: lacking coherence, system, or central guiding agency : not organized

disorganized work habits

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Examples of disorganized in a Sentence

The meeting was very disorganized.

Recent Examples of disorganized from the Web

Reports suggest a harried and disorganized process to locate and perform background checks on parents, and to transport children for reunification.

— nina bahadur, SELF, "6 Impactful Ways to Help Migrant Families Separated at the Border," 13 July 2018
If a child is young enough, brain development is damaged and their brains can be smaller and more disorganized, the experts said.

— NBC News, "Border separations show why the US doesn't have orphanages any more," 20 June 2018
Having faced little resistance in the first five years of the campaign, their response to conservatives’ claims was flustered and disorganized.

— kelsy kretschmer, Washington Post, "Illinois ratified the ERA — 36 years late. Here’s what you need to know.," 19 June 2018
But this season is also totally disorganized, lasts at least two months, overlaps with men’s wear and couture, and doesn’t even have a name designers can agree on, for goodness sake.

— vanessa friedman, New York Times, "How I Learned to Stop Complaining and Love the Cruise Collections," 28 June 2018
Collective defending after a turnover is a problem for this club — players are focused on getting forward and are completely disorganized when the ball is turned over.

— jordan culver, Pro Soccer USA, "Orlando City’s issues exposed during 5-2 loss to Vancouver Whitecaps," 10 June 2018
The effort to bring that meeting about has been chaotic and disorganized and sometimes, nonsensical from the start.

— Fox News, "Trump slams 'meek' Trudeau for 'dishonest' news conference," 10 June 2018
When the system is disorganized or drifting around, beware.

— bryan norcross, Washington Post, "Hurricane forecasts are great — as long as the storms themselves behave," 1 June 2018
Given how disorganized the invasion plan was, and how many misguided priorities were clashing at the time, some of Bremer’s claims do have merit.

— benjamin hart, Daily Intelligencer, "Paul Bremer Is Alive and Well and Teaching Skiing in Vermont," 26 Mar. 2018

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