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disorganise

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To make less organised; to reduce to chaos.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The arrival of her new baby would inevitably disorganise her life.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

remove the organization from

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: disorganize

Antonyms: organise

History

Etymology

From French désorganiser.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: desorganizar — make less organised
  • Belarusian: дэзарганізава́ць (dezarhanizavácʹ) — make less organised
  • Belarusian: дэзарганізо́ўваць (dezarhanizówvacʹ) — make less organised
  • Catalan: desorganitzar — make less organised
  • French: désorganiser — make less organised
  • Galician: desorganizar — make less organised
  • Greek: αποδιοργανώνω (apodiorganóno) — make less organised
  • Hindi: अव्यवस्थित (avyavasthit) — make less organised
  • Hindi: अस्त-व्यस्त (ast-vyast) — make less organised
  • Italian: disorganizzare — make less organised
  • Polish: dezorganizować — make less organised
  • Polish: zdezorganizować — make less organised
  • Russian: дезорганизова́ть (dezorganizovátʹ) — make less organised
  • Russian: дезорганизо́вывать (dezorganizóvyvatʹ) — make less organised
  • Spanish: desorganizar — make less organised
  • Ukrainian: дезорганізува́ти (dezorhanizuváty) — make less organised
  • Ukrainian: дезорганізо́вувати (dezorhanizóvuvaty) — make less organised