無秩序(むちつじょ)

むちつじょ
noun
disorder; chaos; anarchy
1. disorder, chaos, anarchy, lack of order
A state in which there is no order, organization, or structure. Can describe social conditions, environments, or abstract situations.
無秩序(むちつじょ)な状態(じょうたい)が続(つづ)いている。
A state of disorder continues.
戦争(せんそう)で社会(しゃかい)は無秩序(むちつじょ)に陥(おちい)った。
The war plunged society into chaos.
無秩序(むちつじょ)な開発(かいはつ)が環境(かんきょう)破壊(はかい)を引(ひ)き起(お)こし、地域(ちいき)住民(じゅうみん)の生活(せいかつ)にも深刻(しんこく)な影響(えいきょう)を与(あた)えている。
Unregulated development has caused environmental destruction and is seriously affecting the lives of local residents.

Formed by prefixing 無(む) (without, lacking) to 秩序(ちつじょ) (order). Functions both as a noun and as a na-adjective (無秩序(むちつじょ)な). Often used to describe societal, political, or environmental situations where rules and structure have broken down.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 無秩序(むちつじょ)な状態(じょうたい): state of disorder
  • 無秩序(むちつじょ)な開発(かいはつ): unregulated development
  • 無秩序(むちつじょ)に陥(おちい)る: to fall into chaos
  • 無秩序(むちつじょ)な拡大(かくだい): disorderly expansion

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 混乱(こんらん): confusion, chaos — emphasizes the confused, disrupted state rather than the lack of rules
  • 混沌(こんとん): chaos, primordial chaos — often literary, suggests a state before order exists
  • 秩序(ちつじょ): order — the antonym
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