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disorderliness

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dis·or·der·ly  (ds-ôrdr-l)
adj.
1. Lacking regular or logical order or arrangement: a disorderly pile of clothes.
2. Undisciplined; unruly: disorderly youths.
3. Law Disturbing the public peace or decorum.

dis·order·li·ness n.
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Noun1.disorderliness - a condition in which things are not in their expected places; "the files are in complete disorder"
condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"
shambles - a condition of great disorder
untidiness - the condition of being untidy
mess, messiness, muss, mussiness - a state of confusion and disorderliness; "the house was a mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed"
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
orderliness, order - a condition of regular or proper arrangement; "he put his desk in order"; "the machine is now in working order"
2.disorderliness - rowdy behavior
disorder - a disturbance of the peace or of public order
3.disorderliness - untidiness (especially of clothing and appearance)
messiness, untidiness - the trait of being untidy and messy
Translations
disorderliness
n
(= untidiness, of room, desk) → Unordentlichkeit f; (of queue, process, row)Ungeordnetheit f
(= unruliness, of person) → Wildheit f; (of crowd, event)Undiszipliniertheit f; (of conduct)Ungehörigkeit f


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There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.
 
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