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disarray noun

/ˌdɪs.əˈreɪ/ n [U] formal
the state of being confused and having no organization or of being untidy
Ever since the oil crisis, the industry has been in (a state of) disarray.
The news had thrown his plans into disarray.
Her clothes were in disarray (= were untidy).

(Definition of disarray noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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