misarranging
Putting out of order
Misarranging is putting things in the wrong order or position.
The prefix mis- signals error or failure, so to misarrange is to arrange badly: Someone had been misarranging the files, and now nothing is where it should be.
The word implies disorder through action rather than neglect.
Mixing into disorder
- scramblingMoving clumsily in haste
- shufflingRandomizing order of items
- disorganizingDestroying orderly arrangement
- muddlingConfusedly mixing up
displacing · dislocating · messing · disheveling · disturbing · disrupting · tangling · ruffling
Distribution in many directions
- strewingSpreading by tossing
- pilingStructural support column
- litteringDiscarding waste improperly
- heapingOverfull, mounded above
cluttering · jumbling · disarraying · overstuffing · tangling · haphazard · disheveling · dumping
Figuring something incorrectly
- botchingDoing something poorly
- bunglingMishandling through incompetence
- blunderingActing with clumsy incompetence
- fumblingClumsy, uncoordinated handling
flubbing · misplacing · mishandling · misstep · oversight · slip · inaccuracy · miscue
jumbling
Mixing into disorder
- scramblingMoving clumsily in haste
- shufflingRandomizing order of items
- disorganizingDestroying orderly arrangement
muddling · displacing · dislocating · messing · disheveling · disturbing · disrupting · tangling · ruffling · tousling
scattering
Distribution in many directions
heaping · cluttering · jumbling · disarraying · overstuffing · tangling · haphazard · disheveling · dumping · overcrowding
miscalculating
Figuring something incorrectly
- botchingDoing something poorly
- bunglingMishandling through incompetence
- blunderingActing with clumsy incompetence
fumbling · flubbing · misplacing · mishandling · misstep · oversight · slip · inaccuracy · miscue · goof
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Systematically positioning elements
organizing · ordering · putting in order · sorting · systematizing
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