Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being disorderly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being disorderly.
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- noun The state or quality of being
disorderly .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun untidiness (especially of clothing and appearance)
- noun a condition in which things are not in their expected places
- noun rowdy behavior
Etymologies
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Examples
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As Larsen-Freeman and Cameron comment, “In order to address their goal, many lingustis have sought to represent the language system in idealized elegance, often stripped of the disorderliness of what had been called the noisy ‘remainder’ … To do so, they have had to make certain concessions that do not cohere well with the demands of applied linguistics”.
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But the difference between print's disorderliness and the Internet's, according to our interlocutors, has to do with the way it all gets filtered.
Will Books Survive? Raymond Zhong 2011
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My natural disorderliness has over the years been increased by the habit of blogging.
Order « Unknowing 2010
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Some council members and neighborhood associations objected to the measure, saying it could increase disorderliness and pose a hazard to public safety.
More Time to Toast: D.C. Council Passes Bar Bill - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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He added that part of the blame also goes to inept law enforcement agencies that fail to control such disorderliness.
India Temple Stampede Kills 63 Vibhuti Agarwal 2010
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Some council members and neighborhood associations objected to the measure, saying it could increase disorderliness and pose a hazard to public safety.
More Time to Toast: D.C. Council Passes Bar Bill - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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He added that part of the blame also goes to inept law enforcement agencies that fail to control such disorderliness.
India Temple Stampede Kills 63 Vibhuti Agarwal 2010
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He added that part of the blame also goes to inept law enforcement agencies that fail to control such disorderliness.
India Temple Stampede Kills 63 Vibhuti Agarwal 2010
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An angry reaction to teen disorderliness can also be a symptom of other troubles weighing on your mind.
The Blessing of a B Minus Ph.D. Wendy Mogel 2010
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Belief in God as omnipotent, he thinks, has three problems: (1) it is at odds with the disorderliness in nature; (2) it yields the acutest form of the theodicy problem; and
Charles Hartshorne Dombrowski, Dan 2009
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