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disordered

[ dis-awr-derd ]

adjective

  1. lacking organization or in confusion; disarranged.

    Synonyms: haphazard, confused

  2. having or affected with a physical or mental disorder:

    a disordered liver.



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Other Words From

  • dis·or·dered·ly adverb
  • dis·or·dered·ness noun
  • pre·dis·or·dered adjective
  • un·dis·or·dered adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of disordered1

First recorded in 1540–50; disorder + -ed 2

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Example Sentences

Halfway through recording, Apple, who had struggled with disordered eating, went back into therapy.

They range from emotional distress – depressive symptoms, anxiety, low self-esteem – to disordered eating, unhealthy eating behaviors, lower physical activity, weight gain, increased physiological stress and avoiding health care.

If the universe chooses from all the possible states at random, you can bet that it’s going to end up with one of the vast set of disordered possibilities.

Bazzi, a former Division I runner, says athletic culture commonly normalizes disordered behaviors.

The researchers pointed out that while clean eating is often portrayed as healthy, it is often linked with disordered eating.

Eating disorders, researchers believed, were essentially more severe forms of disordered eating.

Prevent disordered eating, then, and you can prevent eating disorders.

If the Israel model ban were directed towards disordered eating, Ravin says she would support it whole-heartedly.

Disordered eating is also linked to higher rates of depression and anxiety, both in the present and in the future.

This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial.

On May 13 Polavieja arrived in Barcelona physically broken, half blind, and with evident traces of a disordered liver.

Whose nerves are not disordered in our generation—especially among artists?

My throat has been disordered for the past three years, and I have been compelled to almost abandon public speaking.

She at length wrote to him in language which she never would have used if her intellect had not been disordered.

He found the city of Lige in debt, and the public service disordered by want of money.

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