unordered

Definition of unorderednext

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Recent Examples of unordered Circus Circus manages to turn a monthly profit of between $50,000 to $80,000 in the summer season through shrewd tactics, including using unordered prime rib from the hotel’s steakhouse in a buffet stew, the Journal revealed. Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2026 The technique, known as brushing, involves fake packages that appear to come from Amazon or other companies, where boxes of unordered items are delivered to your doorstep. Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 26 Sep. 2024 Enlarge Anas Photography Anyone who has taken a basic computer science class has undoubtedly spent time devising a sorting algorithm—code that will take an unordered list of items and put them in ascending or descending order. Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 7 June 2023 Its pages adopt the structure of unordered lists—uniform and sturdy. Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2023 Part handling in warehouse automation is challenging if a large variety of items must be accommodated and items are stored in unordered piles. Erico Guizzo, IEEE Spectrum, 2 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unordered
Adjective
  • Local officials said the scene on the ground was chaotic, with multiple people taken to area hospitals.
    Chandelis Duster, NPR, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Gilbertson’s involvement in the ports grew out of a series of chaotic mergers that in the 1990s led to endless disputes among shippers and the railroads about whose cargo would move first.
    John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • The unorganized meetups are not associated with a particular venue or group.
    Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 13 July 2026
  • If unorganized, free-range fun is more your vibe, kids will adore running around the ducks, geese, and squirrels, as well as feeding the donkeys or the fish in the pond—with gelato breaks thrown in for good measure.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
Adjective
  • Those who managed to secure release under habeas corpus brought back accounts of harrowing, disorganized odysseys through an ad-hoc mass-detention bureaucracy.
    Emily Witt, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Dolly was no more than disorganized storms in the Caribbean, expected to head west over the next few days.
    Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Experts say the campaign has been fragmented and incoherent, with policy questions such as how healthcare should be organized drowned out by the question of which parties will be able to put together a government.
    ABC News, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2026
  • That all happens within the first 15 seconds; the remainder of the ad is more or less incoherent.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 28 Aug. 2026

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“Unordered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unordered. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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