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or dishevelled
as in messy
lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness
I got my suit pressed so I wouldn't look so disheveled for the wedding
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or dishevelled
as in disrupted
to undo the proper order or arrangement of
decorations for the garden wedding that had been disheveled by the wind
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Recent Examples of disheveled
Liz Goodwin The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
25 May 2026
The attacks paralyzed Davis as authorities searched for a suspect before detaining and arresting a disheveled Dominguez in May, days after the first fatal attack.
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Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
23 May 2026
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Jan. 2026
These evocative, volcanic islands, cast adrift off the northeast coast of Sicily, remain salted, fresh, and gloriously disheveled.
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Rosalyn Wikeley,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
But the disheveled populist quickly qualified his statement, as the crowd grew quiet again.
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Liz Goodwin The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
25 May 2026
The attacks paralyzed Davis as authorities searched for a suspect before detaining and arresting a disheveled Dominguez in May, days after the first fatal attack.
—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
23 May 2026
Verb
Sturch said Columbo is not as disheveled in the theater version as Falk later presented him.
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Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Jan. 2026
These evocative, volcanic islands, cast adrift off the northeast coast of Sicily, remain salted, fresh, and gloriously disheveled.
—
Rosalyn Wikeley,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disheveled
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Interviews for the statewide candidates are done now via questions from the entire convention, a potentially messier proposition.
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More vehicles on the road means more potential for complex, multi-vehicle collisions and messier disputes over who caused what.
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Meanwhile, its medium-range drones have also disrupted Russia’s supply lines to the front, and its long-range strikes have increasingly damaged Russian oil facilities that provide vital revenue for the Kremlin’s war effort.
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Record heat has disrupted schools and transportation networks and forced some tourist attractions, including the Eiffel Tower, to close.
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By building circuits whose states naturally fluctuate with this environmental heat, thermodynamic computing turns an otherwise stochastic and chaotic feature of nature into an incredibly fast, ultra-low-energy calculator.
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The combat that follows is intimate, chaotic, and bloody.
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Narcissism should never be confused with the healthy form of philautia, a unique Greek philosophy of self-love.
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One workshop is a Mindful Archery class, not to be confused with her other course Meditative Archery, which involves Jungian journaling; and there’s a one-on-one archery session with spiritual guidance.
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In the past, her songs were so littered with personal details that listening felt voyeuristic.
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The series does not touch on the tabloid attention that followed the Beckhams in 2004, when it was alleged that David had an affair with his personal assistant, Rebecca Loos, and the many further accusations of cheating that littered gossip columns after.
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As was to be expected of these people, nothing had been disturbed.
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Be sure to use the powder sparingly and in areas where it won't be disturbed or pose dust-inhalation risks, adds Ellis.
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Winning like a Feeney Due to some sloppy defensive errors from the silver-haired infield, the Feeneys allowed more runs in the top of the seventh.
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The Walpole, Massachusetts native, making his second career start at Fenway Park in front of family and friends, surrendered a two-run, go-ahead homer to ex-Yankees prospect Caleb Durbin in the fifth inning of what was a sloppy, 6-3, loss for the Bombers.
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The resulting 6° to 7° C of global warming shuffled the makeup of plant and dinosaur species on land and caused a mass extinction of corals and other marine species.
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The company has since shuffled several leaders, including naming a new human resources chief and the company’s first chief digital officer.
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“Disheveled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disheveled. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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