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unorganized

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 N AO1 R G AH0 N AY2 Z D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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adj

Meaning 1

Not organized: not having been organized.

(of a territory) Lacking a normal system of government.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

Topics: law

Examples

  • Palmyra Atoll is an unorganized territory.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Not organized: not having been organized.

Not unionized.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ununionized

Antonyms: organized, unionized

3

adjective

Meaning 3

not having or belonging to a structured whole

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • unorganized territories lack a formal government

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unorganised

Antonyms: organized

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

not affiliated in a trade union

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the workers in the plant were unorganized

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unorganised, nonunionized, nonunionised

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English organized English unorganized From un- + organized.

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