1
as in anarchical
not restrained by or under the control of legal authority
disorderly mobs roamed the streets after the fall of the city
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as in chaotic
lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness
disorderly piles of clothes on various tables about the room
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Recent Examples of disorderly
Though Conclave depicts the process as loud and disorderly, real-life voting is far more solemn and filled with ritual.
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Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
While the season is still winding down, the area has seen shootings and disorderly crowds.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025
According to Broward jail records, Levy was taken into custody on Monday and booked on charges of disorderly intoxication in a public place and trespassing in an occupied structure or conveyance.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2025
On Monday, April 14, the Cuban-American actor, 44, was taken into custody and booked at the Broward County Main Jail in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on disorderly intoxication in a public place and trespassing charges, per jail records reviewed by PEOPLE.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
While the season is still winding down, the area has seen shootings and disorderly crowds.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025
According to Broward jail records, Levy was taken into custody on Monday and booked on charges of disorderly intoxication in a public place and trespassing in an occupied structure or conveyance.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2025
On Monday, April 14, the Cuban-American actor, 44, was taken into custody and booked at the Broward County Main Jail in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on disorderly intoxication in a public place and trespassing charges, per jail records reviewed by PEOPLE.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disorderly
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This is a young and talented group with tremendous upside under a defensive coordinator who thrives off chaotic defensive lines.—
Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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But everything about this first half offensively — save for one TD pass to Sutton — has felt unorganized and ineffective and chaotic.—
Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
7 Sep. 2025
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The Office of the Inspector General launched a criminal investigation and determined the shots had been fired from where two FBI agents and an Oregon State Police officer had been standing.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Sep. 2025
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Abrego was brought back in June to face criminal charges of transporting migrants living in the United States illegally.—
Ted Hesson,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
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Depending on how things shake out in court, representation could get messy for west Charlotte’s City Council District 3.—
Nick Sullivan,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Sep. 2025
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And that the wig was messy, but cute.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
6 Sep. 2025
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Written by Kaitlin Reilly and Dorian Keyes, the film follows a rebellious bad boy and a type-A overachiever who join forces to win the student body presidency – and maybe each other’s hearts along the way.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
8 Sep. 2025
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In business, as in life, there are times when conformity is an asset, but in others, embracing your individuality, inhabiting your rebellious spirit and being a true trailblazer are what lead to success.—
Paul Fitzgerald,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2025
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Cigarette butts are the most littered item on the planet.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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Its conceit is a neat one for a film — and totally believable for a family history from anarchic Eastern Europe after the Second World War.—
Adam Solomons,
IndieWire,
28 Aug. 2025
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Initially titled Home to Roost and produced by Clarkson’s Farm maker Expectation, the show was forged as a spiritual successor to MTV’s anarchic mid-noughties series The Osbournes, focusing on the family’s return home to the UK.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
18 Aug. 2025
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Through a succession of job changes, a don’t-open-the-mail approach to bill paying, abrupt moves to and from a string of increasingly cluttered abodes, Uhle recounts with humor and remarkable detail the unstable circumstances of her youth.—
Kristen Kidd,
Denver Post,
30 Aug. 2025
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In May 2012, the site was cluttered with tractors and rusting farm equipment.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Louisville police say anything that goes into the air or explodes is illegal for average citizens.—
James Bruggers,
The Courier-Journal,
5 July 2017
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Official fireworks shows took place over the city, and illegal pyrotechnics lit up the sky everywhere in between.—
Lisa Beebe,
Los Angeles Magazine,
5 July 2017
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“Disorderly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disorderly. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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