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farraginous

adjective

Definition of farraginousnext
as in various

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  1. various
  2. diverse
  3. messy
  4. chaotic
  5. divergent
  6. muddled
  7. jumbled
  8. sundry
Adjective
  • Government troops also conducted raids in various areas Thursday and killed 10 militants believed to be members of the Pakistani Taliban, the military and police said.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Over a tight five-day timeline — as Marnus and Ilse finish school ahead of the December holidays, and the family prepares for their summer vacation — these various tensions impact one another in tacit but perhaps terminal ways.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of various
Adjective
  • Rogers' campaign sees opportunity in racially and culturally diverse Wayne County, home to Detroit, where roughly three-quarters of the population is Black.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Great Mountain Forest is among the Northeast sites selected for the study, which examines how healthier, more diverse forests can better support native bee populations.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of diverse
Adjective
  • So far, the adoption of AI in production workflows have been stalled due to legal constraints around ownership, among other things involving messy copyright questions.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Four years ago, Pugh’s movie Don’t Worry Darling was the talk of the Venice Film Festival due to rumored behind-the-scenes drama and a messy rollout, including a press conference Pugh missed—allegedly due to a scheduling conflict.
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of messy
Adjective
  • The air space easily becomes crowded and in the case of moving stories like car chases, a bit unpredictable and chaotic.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
  • And in the Prokofiev, the Philharmonic delivers a thrilling mix of chaotic exuberance and acrobatic precision.
    — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of chaotic
Adjective
  • Ethiopia, the world’s largest landlocked country, has been torn apart over the past decade by the divergent goals of ethnic political groups seeking to keep the country decentralized, and the centralizing crusade of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 23 Sep. 2026
  • These two nationalist traditions offered starkly different diagnoses of Brazil’s problems and divergent political prescriptions.
    — Andre Pagliarini, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of divergent
Adjective
  • Garfield, sensitive and earthy, is our bellwether as the events descend into bloody carnage dictated by muddled agendas.
    — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Be sure to order the Horse Thief cocktail, whose proceeds support Barb Philipps’ Saving Gracie Foundation, mixed from Casamigos Tequila, High West Campfire Scotch Blend Whisky, chartreuse, ginger syrup, muddled blackberries, and lime.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of muddled
Adjective
  • Entering the season, two quarterbacks sit in the top tier, followed by a drop-off to the second and third tiers — both of which are crowded and jumbled.
    — Dane Brugler, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Imagine a termite carving a path like a jumbled ball of string through a tree trunk, instead of an axe cleaving a single vector.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of jumbled
Adjective
  • That leaves sundry food deserts in such places as Central Harlem, the South Bronx, Central Brooklyn including Bed Stuy and Brownsville, and the North Shore of Staten Island.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Big, small, or somewhere in between, these sundry cultivars are all stem tubers belonging to the same nightshade family (Solanaceae).
    — Randi Gollin, Martha Stewart, 26 July 2026
Definition of sundry
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“Farraginous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farraginous. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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