disorganization

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun a condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted
noun the disturbance of a systematic arrangement causing disorder and confusion

From French désorganiser. Equivalent to dis- + organization.

Disorganization, aggravated by intestine faction, grew worse and worse. — Impressions of South Africa, James Bryce, Viscount Bryce
All this is alive with the hideous vitality of things which have been organized out of disorganization. — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
Now, the world would be insane and rabid, if these disorganizations should last for hundreds of years. — Nature, Ralph Waldo Emerson

disorganisation, disarrangement

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