Meanings
verbdisorganise (third-person singular simple present disorganises, present participle disorganising, simple past and past participle disorganised)
present singular third person disorganises · participle present disorganising · participle past disorganised · past disorganised · alternative disorganize
- To make less organised; to reduce to chaos.
The arrival of her new baby would inevitably disorganise her life.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Frenchdésorganiser
- Englishdisorganise
From French désorganiser.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian дезорганизирам
- дезорганизирам (dezorganiziram)make less organised
Catalan desorganitzar
- desorganitzarmake less organised
French désorganiser
- désorganisermake less organised
Greek αποδιοργανώνω
- αποδιοργανώνω (apodiorganóno)make less organised
Hindi अव्यवस्थित, अस्त-व्यस्त
- अव्यवस्थित (avyavasthit)make less organised
- अस्त-व्यस्त (ast-vyast)make less organised
Italian disorganizzare
- disorganizzaremake less organised
Polish dezorganizować, zdezorganizować
- dezorganizowaćmake less organised
- zdezorganizowaćmake less organised
Russian дезорганизова́ть, дезорганизо́вывать
- дезорганизова́ть (dezorganizovátʹ)make less organised
- дезорганизо́вывать (dezorganizóvyvatʹ)make less organised
Spanish desorganizar
- desorganizarmake less organised
Ukrainian дезорганізува́ти, дезорганізо́вувати
- дезорганізува́ти (dezorhanizuváty)make less organised
- дезорганізо́вувати (dezorhanizóvuvaty)make less organised
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Cite this entry
APA
disorganise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disorganise
MLA
“disorganise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disorganise. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disorganise,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disorganise.
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