adjective
- lacking order or organization; messy or chaotic
- behaving in a way that disturbs public peace or violates social norms
Usage: often legal
Examples
- The classroom was disorderly after the party.
- Her desk was so disorderly that she couldn’t find anything.
- The protesters were arrested for disorderly conduct.
- The crowd became disorderly when the concert was cancelled.
- He was charged with being drunk and disorderly.
- The disorderly pile of papers needed to be sorted.
- The meeting turned disorderly when people started shouting.