Definition of "disordered" []

• Being in a condition of confusion or disarray. (adjective)
• Physically or mentally ill. (adjective)

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• "Doesn't it suggest an explanation of what you call my disordered state of mind?"
• "I decided to study solid 3He, my original thesis topic, and at the same time Gerry Dolan and I began a modest program to test some of the ideas that David Thouless had discussed on electron localization in disordered one-dimensional systems."
• "I walked in disordered haste from place to place, without knowing which way to turn, or whither I went."