disorganized

English

Alternative forms

• disorganised

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈɔːɡənaɪzd/

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Verb

disorganized

1. simple past and past participle of disorganize

Adjective

disorganized (comparative more disorganized, superlative most disorganized)

1. Lacking order or organization; confused; chaotic.
   • 1939 December 5, J. W. Studebaker, Democracy Shall Not Be Plowed Under‎^[1], page 9:

     If we fail to repulse the enemy within the gates--unemployment, poverty, disorganized agriculture and the like--from whence may we expect the united strength and clear purpose to repulse any outside force?

2. Lacking skills for organizing one's affairs.

   He is quite disorganized and has difficulty planning his day or remembering when his homework is due.

3. (psychology) In a state of disruption of orderly psychological functioning; engaging in behavior that is chaotic, self-contradictory, or out of keeping with reality; (of a mental illness) poorly controlled and leading to a disorganized state.

Derived terms

• disorganizedly
• disorganized schizophrenia
• undisorganized

 

Related terms

• unorganized

Translations

lacking order

• Catalan: desorganitzat
• Esperanto: malorda
• Finnish: sekava (fi), sekaisin oleva, epäjärjestelmällinen, järjestämätön (fi)
• Galician: desorganizado m
• Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌰𐍃𐍃 (ungatass)
• Italian: disorganizzato (it)
• Latin: inconditus, incompositus
• Maori: tautauāmoa, kaumingomingo, kūnakunaku, tīraurau, kōhangaweka
• Polish: niezorganizowany m
• Romanian: dezorganizat (ro) m or n, neorganizat (ro) m or n
• Spanish: desorganizado (es)
• Swedish: oorganiserad (sv)
• Turkish: dezorganize, düzensiz (tr)
• Welsh: anhrefnus (cy)