1. lacking order or organization; messy or chaotic
2. 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.