Meaning & use
haywire
Out of control, disorganized, or functioning in a completely unpredictable way.
See it in a sentence
The printer went haywire and started spitting out blank pages nonstop.
Plans went haywire the moment the flight was suddenly canceled.
A note on using this word
Haywire is almost always used in the fixed phrase 'go haywire,' describing something suddenly malfunctioning or falling into chaos.
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Words with an opposite meaning
orderlycontrolled
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