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Another word for disorderly

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disorderly

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Lacking orderly arrangement
indiscriminate, confused, tumultuous, jumbled, undisciplined, unrestrained, heterogeneous, scattered, dislocated, unsystematic, messy, slovenly, untidy, cluttered, unkempt, sloppy, scrambled, badly managed, in confusion, chaotic, disorganized, out of order, in disarray, untrained, out of control, topsy-turvy*, helter-skelter*, higgledy-piggledy*, out of whack*, out of line*, out of step*, all over the place, mixed up, cockeyed*, messed up*; see also irregular 1, 4.
Antonyms neat*, organized, trim.
Creating a disturbance
rowdy, disruptive, obstreperous, drunk; see turbulent, unruly.

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Another word for disorderly

adjective

Lacking regular or logical order:
messy, unsystematic. See order
Not submitting to discipline or control:
fractious, indocile, intractable, lawless, obstinate, obstreperous, recalcitrant, refractory, uncontrollable, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly, untoward, wild. Idiom: out of line. See control, order, peace, resist
(Law)
Upsetting civil order or peace:
riotous, rowdy. See peace

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In many regions the rising was purely disorderly and destitute of organization.
Fox's youth was disorderly, but it was never indolent.
At this "Seven Days' Battle" (q.v.) in which he stopped McClellan's time the Welsh marches were in a very disorderly condition.
A disorderly levy of Scots, appearing on the hills above Dunbar, left their strong position (like Leslie later) and were defeated with heavy loss.
The retreat soon became a disorderly flight, Mithradates himself escaping with difficulty into Lesser Armenia..

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