disordered
adjective
dis·or·dered
(ˌ)dis-ˈȯr-dərd 
(ˌ)diz-
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2
a
: marked by disorder
a disordered room
b
: not functioning in a normal orderly healthy way
a disordered mind
disorderedly
adverb
disorderedness
noun
Examples of disordered in a Sentence
The project was in a disordered state.
The file was completely disordered.
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Notwithstanding its elaborately disordered presentation, the film’s more straightforwardly biographical material contains few surprises.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025
Common Sense Media, a nonprofit that advocates for child safety online, has found that a number of AI chatbots and companions can be prompted to encourage self-mutilation and disordered eating to teenage accounts.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2025
Those included headaches, insomnia, light and noise sensitivity, brain fog, anxiety, confusion, joint pain, disordered eating, nausea and weight loss and gain.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
The free-for-all results in a neighborhood with a more disordered, organic layout than elsewhere in town.
—Denver Nicks, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2025
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025
Common Sense Media, a nonprofit that advocates for child safety online, has found that a number of AI chatbots and companions can be prompted to encourage self-mutilation and disordered eating to teenage accounts.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2025
Those included headaches, insomnia, light and noise sensitivity, brain fog, anxiety, confusion, joint pain, disordered eating, nausea and weight loss and gain.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
The free-for-all results in a neighborhood with a more disordered, organic layout than elsewhere in town.
—Denver Nicks, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2025
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“Disordered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disordered. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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