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chaos - A state of utter disorder and confusion

Even when revolutionaries have good intentions and are motivated by high ideals, often their actions cause a breakdown in society that leads to chaos, until a military dictatorship steps in to maintain order.

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diffuse - Scattered and widely spread out

After drinking all night, in the morning Bill felt too diffuse to concentrate on his work.

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tumult - A state of confusion, disorder, or disturbance

When he was offered a job from the competing company, he didn't know what to do, and his mind was in a tumult.

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sprawl - An ungainly or carelessly relaxed position in which one's arms and legs are spread out

After work, Terry would sit on the couch and have his body end up in a lazy sprawl.

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haphazard - acting without an organized plan

The scientist knew that in order to make sense of all the data from his research, a haphazard approach to analyzing the results would not work.

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scraggly - (of a person or animal) thin and bony

With his toothpick-sized arms, Terence was too scraggly to be on the wrestling team.

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roundabout - Describing a way of doing something that is not straightforward, often involving detours, twists, or delays.

She gave a roundabout explanation when asked about her plans, avoiding a direct answer and making it difficult to understand her true intentions.

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strewn - Scattered or spread untidily over a surface or area.

The section of the park next to the woods was strewn with all kinds of junk.

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gobbledygook - Language that is meaningless or is made unintelligible by excessive use of abstruse technical terms; nonsense

For tourists who don't speak the native language, it can seem like a bunch of gobbledygook.

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ragtag - Untidy, disorganized, or incongruously varied in character

"The A-Team" was a popular show in the 1980s about a ragtag group with little in common except helping the less fortunate.

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unravel - To undo twisted, knitted, or woven threads.

The worst part of owning headphones is having to unravel the tangled wires.

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wanton - Unpredictable, unprovoked, and destructive action

The building was covered in graffiti in a wanton act of vandalism.