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Another word for disorderly

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Adjective

  1. Lacking regular or logical order

    See also:

    order

  2. Not submitting to discipline or control

    Idioms:
    See also:

    resist

    peace

    order

    control

  3. Upsetting civil order or peace

    See also:

    peace

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Another word for disorderly

Modifier

  1. Lacking orderly arrangement

    See also:

    irregular

    Antonyms:

  2. Creating a disturbance

    See also:

    unruly

    turbulent

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Sentence Examples

  • In many regions the rising was purely disorderly and destitute of organization.

  • On the 15th of November he was assassinated, and as no one was punished for this crime the insolence of the disorderly elements increased, and shots were exchanged with the Swiss Guard.

  • Fox's youth was disorderly, but it was never indolent.

  • Nearer and nearer in disorderly crowds came the uhlans and the French dragoons pursuing them.

  • A disorderly levy of Scots, appearing on the hills above Dunbar, left their strong position (like Leslie later) and were defeated with heavy loss.

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