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DISARRANGED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disarranged mean? 

DISARRANGED (adjective)
  The adjective DISARRANGED has 1 sense:

1. having the arrangement disturbed; not in orderplay

  Familiarity information: DISARRANGED used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DISARRANGED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Having the arrangement disturbed; not in order

Context example:

her disarranged hair

Similar:

disarrayed (in disarray)

disturbed (having the place or position changed)

misplaced (put in the wrong place or position)

Antonym:

arranged (disposed or placed in a particular kind of order)


 Context examples 


Hurry—hurry, before things get disarranged.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Wouldn’t we have found the place disarranged, and missed the things which he had taken?

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Nothing had been stolen or disarranged, and there is absolutely no explanation of what the horror can be which has frightened a woman to death and two strong men out of their senses.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The circle closed up again with a running murmur of expostulation; it was a minute before I could see anything at all. Then new arrivals disarranged the line and Jordan and I were pushed suddenly inside.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)



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