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  • 71Disorder — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Absence, or want of Order, &c. < N PARAG:Disorder >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 disorder disorder Sgm: N 1 derangement derangement &c. 61 Sgm: N 1 irregularity irregularity Sgm: N 1 anomaly anomaly &c.(unconformity) 83 Sgm …

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  • 72disjunction — c.1400, disjunccioun, from O.Fr. disjunction (13c.) or directly from L. disjunctionem separation, noun of action from pp. stem of disjungere (see DISJOINTED (Cf. disjointed)) …

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  • 73namespace —    In Microsoft Active Directory, a collection of unique domain names. A namespace can be contiguous or disjointed. In a contiguous namespace, a child domain always contains the name of the parent, for example, accounting.sybex .com as a… …

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  • 74Uffington, White Horse of — (Oxfordshire, formerly Berkshire)    This famous *hill figure certainly existed in the middle of the 12th century, when it is mentioned in a legal document as a landmark, but its true age and purpose have been hotly debated. Aubrey asserted that… …

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  • 75confused — adjective 1. perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment (Freq. 5) obviously bemused by his questions bewildered and confused a cloudy and confounded philosopher just a mixed up kid she felt lost on the first… …

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  • 76disjointedness — noun lacking order or coherence • Derivationally related forms: ↑disjointed • Hypernyms: ↑incoherence, ↑incoherency * * * noun see disjointed * * * disjointˈedness noun …

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  • 77disordered — adjective 1. thrown into a state of disarray or confusion (Freq. 3) troops fleeing in broken ranks a confused mass of papers on the desk the small disordered room with everything so upset • Syn: ↑broken, ↑confused, ↑ …

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  • 78garbled — adjective lacking orderly continuity (Freq. 1) a confused set of instructions a confused dream about the end of the world disconnected fragments of a story scattered thoughts • Syn: ↑confused, ↑dis …

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  • 79scattered — adjective 1. occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space (Freq. 7) scattered showers scattered villages • Similar to: ↑distributed 2. lacking orderly continuity a confused set of instructions …

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  • 80flakeball — or[flake] {n.}, {slang}, {drug culture} A disjointed, or flaky person, who is forgetful and incoherent, as if under the influence of narcotics. * /Hermione is a regular flakeball./ Compare: SPACED OUT …

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