disordered

Adjective
Synonyms: brokenconfusedupsetdisconnecteddisjointedgarbledillogicalscatteredunconnectedunordered

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (3)

  1. thrown into a state of disarray or confusion“troops fleeing in broken ranks”“a confused mass of papers on the desk”“the small disordered room”“with everything so upset”Synonyms: brokenconfusedupset
  2. lacking orderly continuity“a confused set of instructions”“a confused dream about the end of the world”“disconnected fragments of a story”“scattered thoughts”Synonyms: confuseddisconnecteddisjointedgarbledillogicalscatteredunconnected
  3. not arranged in orderSynonyms: unordered
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Disorder \Dis*or"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disordered; p. pr. & vb. n. Disordering.]

1.To disturb the order of; to derange or disarrange; to throw into confusion; to confuse. [1913 Webster]

Disordering the whole frame or jurisprudence.— Burke.[1913 Webster]
The burden . . . disordered the aids and auxiliary rafters into a common ruin.— Jer. Taylor.[1913 Webster]

2.To disturb or interrupt the regular and natural functions of (either body or mind); to produce sickness or indisposition in; to discompose; to derange; as, to disorder the head or stomach. [1913 Webster]

A man whose judgment was so much disordered by party spirit.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]

3.To depose from holy orders. [Obs.] --Dryden.

Syn: To disarrange; derange; confuse; discompose. [1913 Webster]

Disordered \Dis*or"dered\, a.

1.Thrown into disorder; deranged; as, a disordered house, judgment. [1913 Webster]

2.Disorderly. [Obs.] --Shak. -- Dis*or"dered*ly, adv. -- Dis*or"dered*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

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