unordered

Definition of unorderednext

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Recent Examples of unordered The technique, known as brushing, involves fake packages that appear to come from Amazon or other companies, where boxes of unordered items are delivered to your doorstep. Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 26 Sep. 2024 Enlarge Anas Photography Anyone who has taken a basic computer science class has undoubtedly spent time devising a sorting algorithm—code that will take an unordered list of items and put them in ascending or descending order. Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 7 June 2023 Its pages adopt the structure of unordered lists—uniform and sturdy. Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2023 Part handling in warehouse automation is challenging if a large variety of items must be accommodated and items are stored in unordered piles. Erico Guizzo, IEEE Spectrum, 2 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unordered
Adjective
  • By building circuits whose states naturally fluctuate with this environmental heat, thermodynamic computing turns an otherwise stochastic and chaotic feature of nature into an incredibly fast, ultra-low-energy calculator.
    Rob Toews, Forbes.com, 22 June 2026
  • The combat that follows is intimate, chaotic, and bloody.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 June 2026
Adjective
  • If unorganized, free-range fun is more your vibe, kids will adore running around the ducks, geese, and squirrels, as well as feeding the donkeys or the fish in the pond—with gelato breaks thrown in for good measure.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
  • If your meal plan for the week is looking a little unorganized, ALDI is here to help.
    Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 19 May 2026
Adjective
  • Its compact size and functional interior and exterior pockets will make zipping through airport security or stopping for gas on road trips a breeze — no more digging through disorganized totes to locate your wallet and phone.
    Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
  • If workflows are disorganized, if training is inconsistent or if accountability is unclear, AI does not solve those problems.
    Jose Herrera, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Adjective
  • Writing was a corrective to my reality, which felt incoherent.
    Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • However, his second wife, Alicent Hightower (played as a young girl by Emily Carey and as an adult by Olivia Cooke), interprets his incoherent dying words as a change of heart in favor of her son, Aegon II Targaryen (played as a child by Ty Tennant and as an adult by Tom Glynn-Carney).
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 June 2026

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“Unordered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unordered. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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