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unsorted

unsorted

1 3.9
Not put in any order
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈsɔrtɪd/
translation icon : desordenado
  • The documents were thrown into an unsorted pile on the desk, making it hard to find anything.

And if I feel like the house is really like unsorted, it really bothers me.

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Examples

  • You have two unsorted arrays of integers.

    Blog text (33)
  • After the storm, the garden was a chaotic mess of unsorted leaves and branches.

  • So we're going to start our first pass on this clearly unsorted list, and we're going to compare the first two elements.

  • And in particular, right, in the unsorted case here, both add and get value involve doing a linear search.

  • So if I have an unsorted array, this is very easy to insert into, right?

  • And if I feel like the house is really like unsorted, it really bothers me.

  • It was in the unsorted pile.

  • Assign each group to assemble a specific number of pens from unsorted parts.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The reusable glass items and unsorted miscellany that were offered to the public became more formed and coherent.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Gillian poked about on a bench and found a bottle, a very dusty bottle amongst an apparently unsorted pile of new and old things.

    Fiction book (1994)

Synonyms

disorganized
vsunsorted
  • US
38 3.1

Not in a clear order or plan

is the neutral absence of order, not necessarily poor planning
untidy
vsunsorted
11 1.0

Not neat, with things like papers or clothes left around

focuses only on absence of arrangement, not on neatness
disordered
vsunsorted
7 4.5

Not arranged in a clear or tidy way

denotes simple lack of order without implying confusion
unorganized
vsunsorted
  • US
4 3.8

Not in a clear order and often messy

is about absence of arrangement in order or system
unstructured
vsunsorted
4 4.4

Not organized in a clear plan or order

stresses missing order specifically rather than broader structure
disorderly
vsunsorted
4 4.5

A place or thing that is untidy and not in order

is a neutral term for missing order without the mess emphasis
unordered
vsunsorted
1 4.1

Not in any clear order

is the same neutral idea but emphasizes lack of any system
unarranged
vsunsorted
1 4.1

Not put in order and left messy

focuses on absence of organization rather than merely placement
unsystematic
vsunsorted
1 6.3

Not done by a plan and lacking order

highlights missing system rather than only lacking order
uncategorized
vsunsorted
  • US
7.2

Not put into any group or folder

is broader, covering any lack of order beyond category absence
disarranged
vsunsorted
5.1

Not in order and untidy after being moved

refers simply to lacking order rather than a disturbed state
jumbled
vsunsorted
3.8

Mixed together in a confused and untidy way

means lack of order in a neutral sense, not necessarily mixed

Antonyms

19 2.0

Having things in order so they are easy to find

1.8

Put into groups or in a clear order

How Organized

systematic
66 4.6
organized
  • US
19 2.0
sorted
1.8
unsorted
1 3.9
disorganized
  • US
38 3.1

Surface Forms

unsorted positive

Morphology

unsorted = sorted (transparent) = un + sort + ed

The meaning is a straightforward negation of 'sorted' by the prefix 'un-'.

Etymology

Unsorted is made of un- meaning 'not' and sort, which means 'to put things into groups' or 'arrange'. So unsorted means 'not arranged' or 'not put into groups'.