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adj. lacking order or methodical arrangement or function; "a disorganized enterprise"; "a thousand pages of muddy and disorganized prose"; "she was too disorganized to be an agreeable roommate"

haphazard, hit-or-miss

adj. dependent upon or characterized by chance; "a haphazard plan of action"; "his judgment is rather hit-or-miss"

anarchic, anarchical, lawless

adj. without law or control; "the system is economically inefficient and politically anarchic"

uncivil, rude

adj. lacking civility or good manners; "want nothing from you but to get away from your uncivil tongue"- Willa Cather

disruptive, riotous, troubled, tumultuous, turbulent

adj. characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination; "effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive"; "riotous times"; "these troubled areas"; "the tumultuous years of his administration"; "a turbulent and unruly childhood"

chaotic, disorderly

adj. completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing

contrary, obstinate, perverse, wayward

adj. resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior"

impetuous

adj. marked by violent force; "impetuous heaving waves"

intractable

adj. not tractable; difficult to manage or mold; "an intractable disposition"; "intractable pain"; "the most intractable issue of our era"; "intractable metal"

unmanageable, difficult

adj. hard to control; "a difficult child", "an unmanageable situation"

haphazard, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy

adj. marked by great carelessness; "a most haphazard system of record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling"; "sloppy workmanship"

feverish, hectic

adj. marked by intense agitation or emotion; "worked at a feverish pace"

disturbed, unsettled

adj. lacking order or stability: "these unsettled times"

disruptive, riotous, troubled, tumultuous, turbulent

disorderly

adj. undisciplined and unruly; "disorderly youths"; "disorderly conduct"

confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected

adj. lacking orderly continuity; "a confused set of instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts"

disorganized, disorganised

adj. lacking order or methodical arrangement or function; "a disorganized enterprise"; "a thousand pages of muddy and disorganized prose"; "she was too disorganized to be an agreeable roommate"

haphazard, hit-or-miss

adj. dependent upon or characterized by chance; "a haphazard plan of action"; "his judgment is rather hit-or-miss"

indiscriminate

adj. not marked by fine distinctions; "indiscriminate reading habits"; "an indiscriminate mixture of colors and styles"

haphazard, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy

adj. marked by great carelessness; "a most haphazard system of record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling"; "sloppy workmanship"

intricate

adj. having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate; "intricate lacework"

opaque, unintelligible

adj. not clearly understood or expressed

meaningless, nonmeaningful

adj. having no meaning or direction or purpose; "a meaningless endeavor"; "a meaningless life"; "a verbose but meaningless explanation"

addled, befuddled, muddled, muzzy, woolly, wooly, woolly-headed, wooly-minded

adj. confused and vague; used especially of thinking; "muddleheaded ideas"; "your addled little brain"; "woolly thinking"; "woolly-headed ideas"

Synonyms (17)

delirious, excited, frantic, mad, unrestrained

adj. marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; "a crowd of delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure"

boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious, unruly

adj. noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline; "a boisterous crowd"; "a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand"; "a robustious group of teenagers"; "beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings"; "an unruly class"

raucous, rowdy

adj. disturbing the public peace; loud and rough; "a raucous party"; "rowdy teenagers"

messy, mussy

adj. dirty and disorderly; "a mussy fussy bedroom"; "a child's messy eating habits"

rough-and-tumble, bare-knuckle, bare-knuckled

adj. characterized by disorderly action and disregard for rules; "a rough-and-tumble fight"; "rough-and-tumble politics"; "undisguised bare-knuckle capitalism"

Antonyms (1)

orderly

adj. devoid of violence or disruption; "an orderly crowd confronted the president"

disorderly

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