as in to disrupt
to undo the proper order or arrangement of
those unexpected problems that can disorganize an entire plan
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Recent Examples of disorganize
The Four Main Attachment Styles The four main attachment styles are: secure, avoidant, anxious, and disorganized.
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Emily Shiffer, Parents, 2 Dec. 2025
With its vast troves of information about Americans and their activities, the federal government has an enviable, but often decentralized and disorganized, gold mine of data untapped by AI companies to date.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 24 Nov. 2025
Uruguay looked fatigued and disorganized from the opening whistle.
—Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025
But the latter effort sometimes felt disorganized, leaders said.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
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Emily Shiffer, Parents, 2 Dec. 2025
With its vast troves of information about Americans and their activities, the federal government has an enviable, but often decentralized and disorganized, gold mine of data untapped by AI companies to date.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 24 Nov. 2025
Uruguay looked fatigued and disorganized from the opening whistle.
—Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025
But the latter effort sometimes felt disorganized, leaders said.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disorganize
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Economic and religious activities disrupted by DHS Muslims in Minneapolis, estimated now to be more than 100,000, have lived in the city for well over a century, and the city has embraced them.—
Yahya Salem,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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Her beau-to-be follows her into the fields and sneaks up on her, stumbling over a rock at the last possible moment, disrupting what might have been her first actual orgasm.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2026
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Mist the soil instead of overhead watering, which can disturb the seeds.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
14 Feb. 2026
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Managing the genetic health of such a small population is essential for the species’ long-term viability, and the hair-collection method offers a noninvasive way to gather vital data without disturbing the wombats in their burrows.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2026
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The citizens of Texas are confusing hospitality for complacency.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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To give my permission to be sad, to be angry, to be confused.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Disorganize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disorganize. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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