disarray
- noun
- /ˌdɪsəˈreɪ/
- Wulf returned to a camp stalked by death, his carefully-laid plans in disarray.
- fall into disarray
- economic disarray
- considerable disarray
I just wonder if, I don't know if America is in complete disarray.
- I just wonder if, I don't know if America is in complete disarray.
- They, they shouldn't be saying, oh, we're in such disarray that we're, we're not going to be able to do it.
- Then something happens and it froze that loose plan into absolute, absolute disarray.
- These are a bit more subtle challenges, and they throw the virtues into confusion, disarray.
- I think by the time we got there, there was so much like confusion and disarray in the podcast that there was no coming back.
- America in disarray as criminal justice reforms lead to violence and our constitutional protections take a hit.
- At this point, the Western Front was holding, Russia was in disarray, and sinkings at sea were growing and growing, Admiral Edouard von Capelle told the Reichstag.
- And at the same time, Pete Hegseth is driving the Pentagon into complete dysfunctional disarray.
- It seems like a most things are in some form of disarray or why do you think that is?
- But in this situation, if we were at such disarray, I think you just got to sit down and figure out like, OK, what is fair?
Examples
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The result would be a dangerous timidity and disarray in the conduct of U.S. foreign policy.
Academic text (1990) -
Within months, the presidency would be in considerable disarray and the President would be in danger of political destruction.
Academic text (2014) -
The past 100 years, our society had fallen into disarray.
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The Democratic party was in terrific disarray.
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The Navy closed its musician schools following World War I, and its band program fell into disarray.
Academic text (2015) -
A China in political and economic disarray cannot be a stabilizing force in the region or the world.
Academic text (1999) -
Now the US government is clearly in total disarray after all those years of mismanagement.
Blog text (29) -
Fatah, which currently represents Palestinians in the U.S.-led peace talks, is in disarray.
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The Democratic Party has been in the dumps psychologically, and in disarray ideologically.
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She struggled to focus on her work because her thoughts were in a constant state of disarray.
Synonyms
A situation in which things are untidy and confused
A time when things are not organized and people do not know what to think or do
A time of great confusion and disorder
A state in which things or places are not arranged
A confused mixture of things or ideas
Feeling confused about where you are, who you are, or what is real
A confused, disorganized situation where things are not in order
Something that is untidy and not in order
A lack of order or system that makes things untidy
A state when a person cannot think clearly and feels lost
A feeling of confusion and embarrassment that makes it hard to think
A place or situation that is very messy and out of order
A state when things like papers or furniture are not in their usual place
Lack of clear connection or order that makes something hard to follow
A feeling of not thinking or acting clearly
A state when thoughts are unclear and you cannot think well
A state of confusion where things are unclear or messy
With much hurry and disorder
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Morphology
Etymology
Disarray The word dis- means 'not' and array means 'order' or 'arrangement', so when your mind is in disarray it is 'not in order' and you feel confused.