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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unmethodical; messed up |
| Synonyms: | chaotic, confused, disordered, disorderly, haphazard, jumbled, mixed up, muddled, screwed up, shuffled, unsystematic |
| Notes: | disorganized means 'not properly planned and controlled; (of a person) unable to plan one's activities efficiently'; unorganized means 'not organized' |
| Antonyms: | methodical, neat, ordered, organized, planned, regulated, systematic, systematized, tidy |
| Main Entry: | chaotic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | utterly confused |
| Synonyms: | anarchic, deranged, disordered, disorganized, every which way, harum-scarum, helter-skelter, lawless, purposeless, rampageous, riotous, topsy-turvy, tumultuous, turbid, turbulent, uncontrolled |
| Antonyms: | calm, harmonized, normal, ordered, organized, quiet, systematic |
| Main Entry: | confused |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disoriented mentally |
| Synonyms: | abashed, addled, at a loss, at sea, at sixes and sevens, baffled, befuddled, bewildered, come apart, dazed, discombobulated*, disconcerted, disorganized, distracted, flummoxed, flustered, fouled up, glassy-eyed, gone*, misled, mixed up, muddled, nonplussed, not with it, out to lunch, perplexed, perturbed, punch-drunk, punchy, puzzled, screwy, shook up, shot to pieces, slaphappy, spaced out, stumped, taken aback, thrown, thrown off balance, unglued, unscrewed, unzipped |
| Antonyms: | clear, organized, oriented, understanding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | confused |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mixed up, disordered |
| Synonyms: | anarchic, blurred, chaotic, disarranged, disorderly, disorganized, haywire, in a muddle, in disarray, involved, jumbled, messy, miscalculated, miscellaneous, mistaken, misunderstood, obscured, out of order, snafu, snarled, topsy-turvy, unsettled, untidy |
| Antonyms: | methodical, ordered, organized, separated, systematic |
| Main Entry: | disordered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in a mess |
| Synonyms: | all over the place, confused, deranged, disarranged, discombobulated, disconnected, discontinuous, disjointed, dislocated, disorganized, displaced, in confusion, incoherent, jumbled, mislaid, misplaced, molested, moved, muddled, out-of-place, removed, roiled, ruffled, rumpled, shifted, shuffled, stirred up, tampered-with, tangled, tossed, tousled, tumbled, unsettled, untidy |
| Antonyms: | arranged, methodical, neat, ordered, orderly, organized, systematic, systematized, trim |
| Main Entry: | disorderly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | messy, untidy |
| Synonyms: | all over the place, chaotic, cluttered, confused, dislocated, disorganized, heterogeneous, indiscriminate, irregular, jumbled, mixed up, out-of-control, out-of-line, out-of-step, out-of-whack, scattered, scrambled, slovenly, topsy-turvy, tumult, uncombed, undisciplined, unkempt, unmethodical, unrestrained, unsystematic, untrained |
| Antonyms: | arranged, neat, ordered, orderly, organized, systematized, trim |
| Main Entry: | haphazard |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without plan or organization |
| Synonyms: | accidental, aimless, all over the map, any old way, any which way, arbitrary, careless, casual, chance, designless, desultory, devil-may-care, disorderly, disorganized, erratic, fluke, helter-skelter, hit-or-miss, incidental, indiscriminate, irregular, loose, offhand, purposeless, random, reckless, slapdash, slipshod, spontaneous, sudden, unconcerned, unconscious, unconsidered, uncoordinated, unexpected, unmethodical, unorganized, unpremeditated, unsystematic, unthinking, willy-nilly |
| Antonyms: | careful, designed, intentional, methodical, organized, planned, straight, systematic, thought-out |
| Main Entry: | haywire |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | broken; crazy |
| Synonyms: | amiss, amok, batty, berserk, bonkers*, chaotic, confused, cracked, crazed, defective, disordered, disorganized, erratic, flipped, in a mess, in pieces, insane, mad, messy, nuts, orderless, out of order, out of whack, out to lunch, psycho, schizo, screwball, screwy, touched*, unbalanced, unglued, unhinged, wacky |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inefficient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not working well; wasteful |
| Synonyms: | can't hack it, careless, disorganized, extravagant, faulty, feeble, half-baked, improficient, improvident, incapable, incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, inept, inexpert, not cut out for, prodigal, shooting blanks, slack, slipshod, sloppy, slovenly, unfit, unprepared, unqualified, unskilled, unskillful, untrained, weak |
| Antonyms: | able, capable, competent, efficient, expert, useful |
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