disorganized
adjective
dis·or·ga·nized
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Definition of disorganized
: lacking coherence, system, or central guiding agency : not organized
disorganized work habits
Examples of disorganized in a Sentence
The meeting was very disorganized.
Recent Examples on the Web
Kingsbury, the new head coach who thought Murray as first overall pick was the perfect quarterback to help him bring his ballyhooed system from college football to Arizona, helmed a disorganized offense for three quarters today against the Lions. — Jeremy Cluff, azcentral, "Arizona Cardinals' Kyler Murray's NFL debut doesn't impress everyone," 9 Sep. 2019 Previous reports have highlighted the disorganized reunification effort, and a lack of government planning on how to bring families together after they have been separated. — Colleen Long, Time, "Government Watchdog: Migrant Children Separated From Parents at Border Experiencing Serious Mental Health Problems," 4 Sep. 2019 One is a disorganized area of showers and thunderstorms over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico that is being give a low, 20% chance of formation over the next five days. — David Fleshler, sun-sentinel.com, "Hurricane Dorian’s latest path steers clear of most of South Florida," 31 Aug. 2019 Others have called it disorganized and disorienting. — Julia Alexander, The Verge, "YouTube tests bigger thumbnails, and people hate it," 13 Aug. 2019 The YouTube moderators said the rapid hiring growth and frequent policy changes created a disorganized and stressful environment, which sometimes made policing content confusing, forcing managers to make one-off decisions to interpret them. — Elizabeth Dwoskin, Washington Post, "YouTube’s arbitrary standards: Stars keep making money even after breaking the rules," 9 Aug. 2019 The first disturbance, Invest 95L, was near Puerto Rico and still appeared disorganized as of Monday evening, the hurricane center said. — Leigh Morgan, al, "Tropical wave may track toward Florida later this week," 29 July 2019 The staging seemed a bit disorganized in the early going, though splashy video helped distract from the choreographic muddles. — Los Angeles Times, "Review: Hugh Jackman sings, dances and charms, delivering a grand time at the Hollywood Bowl," 21 July 2019 Christopher Duntsch was disorganized and undeliberate. — Jeff Truesdell, PEOPLE.com, "How Other Doctors Tried — and Failed — to Stop Texas’ ‘Dr. Death’ Before 33 Operations Went Wrong," 21 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'disorganized.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for disorganized
disorganized
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of disorganized
: not arranged or planned in a particular way
: not having parts arranged in a neat and effective way
: not able to keep things arranged in a neat or effective way
See the full definition for disorganized in the English Language Learners Dictionary
disorganized
adjective
dis·or·ga·nized
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Kids Definition of disorganized
1
: not having order
a disorganized desk
2
: not able to manage or plan things well
disorganized students