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disorderly
/ dɪsˈɔːdəlɪ /
adjective
- untidy; irregular
- uncontrolled; unruly
- law violating public peace or order
adverb
- in an irregular or confused manner
Derived Forms
- disˈorderliness, noun
Other Words From
- dis·order·li·ness noun
- undis·order·ly adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of disorderly1
Example Sentences
In 2007, at Jamaica high school in Queens, teachers started calling 911 to get police to help them deal with disorderly students.
Add to that a batch of misdemeanor disorderly conduct charges and a few felony drug raps, and it was time to move.
A new book about Victorian-era London reminds us that unregulated, disorderly places grow into great metropolises.
Petit turned himself over to police and was arrested for disorderly conduct and criminal trespassing.
He was arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct in New Orleans.
Even in 1668 the Glovers are compelled to take into account “the disorderly manner of making wardens.”
The rapid movements of the British turned the retreat of the enemy into a disorderly and desperate flight.
In the year 1903 the chronic trouble among these disorderly elements blazed up in a notable conflagration.
It is just the disorderly proliferation of Bromstead over again, in lives instead of in houses.
I found Kitty quite as she had been in her youth at home, as careless and wild, as disorderly and as full of good-heartedness.
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