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- noun Alternative spelling of
disorganization .
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- noun a condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted
- noun the disturbance of a systematic arrangement causing disorder and confusion
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Examples
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This is part secret of that disorganisation which is causing such wonder upon the continent of
To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I Richard Francis Burton 1855
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I managed to do a bit of teaching but there were a few communication issues and disorganisation which is very normal here, so not as much as I would have liked.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009
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I hope this is the last time we see this kind of disorganisation, otherwise I will have to take action. "
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I hope this is the last time we see this kind of disorganisation, otherwise I will have to take action. "
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There was a sense of disorganisation at times, as in the 20th minute when Gabriel Heinze pumped an innocuous-looking high ball towards the penalty area which Brown and Smalling both went to clear and then left to one another.
Chris Smalling helps make a shaky case for Manchester United's defence 2011
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For all his messiness and disorganisation, he could work very hard when he had to and had no difficulty getting the right A-levels to enter art college in Brighton at the end of 2001.
Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011
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Actually I prefer only be a spokesman of what the Angolan people think of the TAAG situation, they recognize that there is some disorganisation and informality in the way the company operates.
Global Voices in English » Angola: National flag carrier removed from EU blacklist 2009
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For all his messiness and disorganisation, he could work very hard when he had to and had no difficulty getting the right A-levels to enter art college in Brighton at the end of 2001.
Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011
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International observers have said the process has been marred by irregularities and disorganisation, but have stopped short of calling for the vote to be annulled.
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This tendency – which might be called a type of impersonation, a kind of camouflaging of the writer's authority and hence his responsibility – can be seen throughout Ishiguro's work, and goes hand in hand with his most persistent themes: the fear of disorganisation and abandonment; the psychical aftermath of childhood; and the relationship between the institutional and the personal through which these themes are frequently dramatised.
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