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DISORDERLINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Untidiness (especially of clothing and appearance)
Synonyms:
disarray; disorderliness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("disorderliness" is a kind of...):
messiness; untidiness (the trait of being untidy and messy)
Derivation:
disorderly (in utter disorder)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Rowdy behavior
Synonyms:
disorderliness; roughness; rowdiness; rowdyism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("disorderliness" is a kind of...):
disorder (a disturbance of the peace or of public order)
Derivation:
disorderly (undisciplined and unruly)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A condition in which things are not in their expected places
Example:
the files are in complete disorder
Synonyms:
disorder; disorderliness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("disorderliness" is a kind of...):
condition; status (a state at a particular time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disorderliness"):
shambles (a condition of great disorder)
untidiness (the condition of being untidy)
mess; messiness; muss; mussiness (a state of confusion and disorderliness)
disarrangement; disorganisation; disorganization (a condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted)
clutter; fuddle; jumble; mare's nest; muddle; smother; welter (a confused multitude of things)
Antonym:
orderliness (a condition of regular or proper arrangement)
Derivation:
disorderly (completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing)
