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disorganisation

Definitions

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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

Etymologies

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dis- +‎ organisation

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • I hope this is the last time we see this kind of disorganisation, otherwise I will have to take action. "

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

  • I hope this is the last time we see this kind of disorganisation, otherwise I will have to take action. "

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

    Congo election sparks violent protests 2011

  • 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.

    Rereading: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 2011

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