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disorder noun [ dɪsˈɔːdə ]

• a state of confusion.
• "the world 's currency markets were in disorder"
Similar: untidiness, disorderliness, mess, disarray, disorganization, chaos, confusion, clutter, jumble, a muddle, a mess, a shambles, a mare's nest, a dog's dinner, a dog's breakfast, an omnishambles,
Opposite: order,

disorder verb

• disrupt the systematic functioning or neat arrangement of.
• "they are disordering the political landscape"
Origin: late 15th century (as a verb): alteration, influenced by order, of earlier disordain, from Old French desordener, ultimately based on Latin ordinare ‘ordain’.


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