unordered

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Recent Examples of unordered 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 This expanded the cursory support for numbered and unordered lists and checkboxes to the big items, like headlines, italics, bold, strikethrough, and links. Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 17 July 2024 Its pages adopt the structure of unordered lists—uniform and sturdy. Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2023 And Ha, along with fellow computer scientist Yujin Tang, recently designed a model that could intentionally send large amounts of data through a transformer in a random, unordered way, mimicking how the human body transmits sensory observations to the brain. Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 12 Sep. 2022 Some scholars assume—or hope—that an unordered world will sort itself out on its own, that great powers will carve out stable spheres of influence and avoid conflict or that the spread of international commerce and enlightened ideas will naturally maintain global peace and prosperity. Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2022 Michigan’s Chief medical executive, Joneigh Khaldun, said late Friday the number of unordered doses offers only a single-day snapshot, noting the federal government had deposited a large number of doses in the state’s account in anticipation of their later use at a mass vaccination site. Isaac Stanley-Becker, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Apr. 2021 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
  • While navigating Westport by car or on foot is chaotic right now, the goal is to prevent destruction in the future.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Lazy Susans and magnetic spice racks turn chaotic fridges and spice shelves into functional spaces.
    Melissa Epifano, The Spruce, 26 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • The Rockets have looked unorganized in those situations much of the season.
    William Guillory, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Meanwhile, a growing pile of clothes and towels on the floor makes the space feel even more unorganized.
    Jacqueline Tempera, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Choose one doable section, such as a single disorganized drawer, the shoes on the floor of your closet, or even the pile of hangers hiding in the corner.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Here are six things that are making your entryway look messy, disorganized, and cluttered.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • In the decades since Koren’s first warnings concerning codeine and breast milk, public-health authorities and patient-advocacy services have issued guidance to new mothers that ranges from scientifically incoherent to potentially dangerous.
    Ben Taub, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The governor’s substantive criticism of the president’s Davos speech as lacking new policy proposals and containing incoherent rhetoric about Greenland and windmills was grounded in observable facts about the address rather than mere partisan attack.
    George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026

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“Unordered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unordered. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.

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