disorderly

[US]/dɪsˈɔːdəli/
[UK]/dɪsˈɔːrdərli/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. messy, untidy, causing disruption
n. chaos, messiness

Phrases & Collocations

disorderly conduct

Example Sentences

a disorderly pile of books.

a disorderly pile of clothes.

his life was as disorderly as ever.

they had no intention of staging a disorderly protest.

The police scattered the disorderly crowd.

The convicted judge was thrown out of office. The headwaiter threw the disorderly guest out.

Puritanical societies for “the suppression of vice” encouraged punitive laws against disorderly houses and streetwalking.

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