disordered

[ dis-awr-derd ]

adjective

1. lacking organization or in confusion; disarranged.

   Synonyms: haphazard, confused

2. having or affected with a physical or mental disorder:

   a disordered liver.

Other Words From

• dis·or·dered·ly adverb
• dis·or·dered·ness noun
• pre·dis·or·dered adjective
• un·dis·or·dered adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of disordered¹

First recorded in 1540–50; disorder + -ed ²

Example Sentences

When he eventually explodes into thinking, delivering a monologue of disordered intellectual half-thoughts and rhetorical tics, the stage convulses in Lewis Carroll absurdity.

From Los Angeles Times

A new route to materials with complex 'disordered' magnetic properties at the quantum level has been produced by scientists for the first time.

From Science Daily

This includes how their memories might be disordered or fragmented and how responses to questioning may appear emotionless, angry or complacent, but that this should not be exploited.

From BBC

He said her symptoms had manifested in a number of ways over the last two decades, including disordered eating and being unable to get out of bed for days or even months at a time.

From BBC

I think a lot of us use food for comfort, and that doesn’t have to look like a disordered attachment.

From Los Angeles Times