Meaning & use

unorganized

adjective·Everyday

Not arranged in a clear, orderly, or systematic way; lacking structure or planning.

See it in a sentence

The unorganized files made it nearly impossible to find last year's invoices.

Her closet stayed unorganized until she finally bought some storage bins.

A note on using this word

Unorganized and 'disorganized' are close synonyms, though disorganized more often implies something that was once ordered and has since fallen into disarray.

Words with a similar meaning

disorganizedchaoticmessy

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Words with an opposite meaning

organizedorderly

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