disorganisation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.69 in modern English

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noun

British usage; Countable; Uncountable

"Pack ice, at times mounting to a height of 35 ft., snow, fog, and floating mines all played their part in the disorganisation of railway services, and most of the train ferry services were completely suspended for a month or more; [...]."

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English organisation English disorganisation From dis- + organisation.

disorganisations (plural) disorganization (alternative, US)

information education situation population station association administration operation organization head station nation location

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