chaotic

pronunciation

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Adjective:

lacking a visible order or organization
completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing
of or relating to a sensitive dependence on initial conditions

Word Origin

chaotic (adj.): 1713, "in a state of primordial chaos," irregularly formed in English from chaos + -ic, probably on model of eros/erotic, demos/demotic, hypnos/hypnotic, etc. Transferred or figurative meaning "confused, disordered" is from 1747.

Synonym

adj.

frantic wild boisterous frenzied tempestuous rampageous turbulent raging tumultuous tumultuary uproarious clamorous stormy

adj.

untidy muddled topsy-turvy in unmethodical disarranged disarray hugger-mugger disconnected littered harum-scarum desultory control shapeless of confused slipshod pell-mell random unsystematic out formless disorganized jumbled disordered

Antonym

adj.

systematic orderly cosmic

Example

1. Smoothly managed china is very different from chaotic india .

2. Still a chaotic mess in most ways .

3. A. what 's encouraging to me is that it 's not chaotic in terms of the data we 're finding .

4. Returning them to the mercies of chaotic jamaica would offer few benefits .

5. Chaotic or corrupt land registries left some without secure title .

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