as in messy
lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness
a jumbled closet in which she could never find anything
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to undo the proper order or arrangement of
the contest editor has jumbled the letters of some common words
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Recent Examples of jumbled
Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Dec. 2025
What should be a gripping thriller centered on new, uncharted technology and questionable loyalties degenerates into a jumbled mess.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 27 Dec. 2025
Because right now, much of that information is still a jumbled mess.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 18 Dec. 2025
How jumbled is that playoff picture?
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 14 Dec. 2025
As time progresses, people around Lowery begin speaking in an even more jumbled manner, using familiar words in unfamiliar ways.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 26 Nov. 2025
Juice Bowl planning process becomes jumbled Hawkins doesn't usually take a hands-on approach with the Juice Bowl.
—Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 25 Nov. 2025
My suitcase was a laundry basket full of clothes and books, and resting atop the jumbled pile was a candle my high-school-age sister had given me.
—Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
Fitzpatrick also drew attention to the jumbled manner in which the indictment was obtained and indicated that a transcript and recording of the proceedings do not provide a full account of what occurred.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 18 Nov. 2025
Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2025
Likewise, the Padres view King’s return as an important piece of a rotation puzzle that had been jumbled by the loss of Yu Darvish to elbow surgery and the prospect of losing both King and Cease to free agency.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Dec. 2025
But tests were often lost or results were jumbled.
—Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Money, 3 Dec. 2025
They were given over 30 hours of material on a thumbdrive, dash cam footage, body camera recordings, and clips from community Ring cameras, all of which were jumbled, out of date, and often missing the associated audio.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
Tune in next week to see how this all gets jumbled up again.
—Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Those aren’t just random words jumbled together to test your reading comprehension—they’re the outcome of recent brand collaborations with Liquid Death.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2025
They were jumbled and loose in there, like teeth.
—Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
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Tidy Food Storage Containers The same can be said for the food storage containers that can easily become a jumbled mess in the cabinet.
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That's because the topping of this cake is all jumbled up, sorta resembling the mess left behind when a tornado rolls through an open plain in Texas.
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Adding a dust ruffle around the base of your bed can make this spot even better for keeping messy items hidden.—
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Art Supplies Art supplies will get messy fast if those tubes and bottles leak or burst.—
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The Lakers disrupted alley-oop attempts to Castle and Luke Kornet in the opening minutes.—
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During a three-game losing streak that began with a loss to Arkansas State, Arkansas has been turnover prone and seen its dribble-drive offense disrupted.—
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Paul’s chaotic yet candid nature quickly uplifted her to reality TV icon status, so much so that ABC named her their next star of The Bachelorette.—
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Dispatch recordings from firefighters who were first on the scene at Miami Heat Coach Erik Spoelstra’s home early Thursday reveal a chaotic and fast-moving fire that left crews scrambling to find water and to contain the spreading flames.—
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The Farmers’ Almanac will be gone for good after its final 2026 edition, not to be confused with The Old Farmer's Almanac, a separate publication.—
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Blue Origin also launches New Shepard from Texas The New Glenn spacecraft is not to be confused with Blue Origin's much smaller New Shepard rocket that the company launches from West Texas on brief trips taking paying passengers high above Earth's atmosphere.—
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The series does not touch on the tabloid attention that followed the Beckhams in 2004, when it was alleged that David had an affair with his personal assistant, Rebecca Loos, and the many further accusations of cheating that littered gossip columns after.—
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Cigarette butts are the most littered item on the planet.—
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Empty boxes were stacked along a side wall in the locker room as players shuffled in and out to pack up a season’s worth of shirts and jerseys and cleats and memorabilia.—
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First, the sophomore shuffled back into coverage after showing A-gap pressure to intercept a Bryce Underwood pass over the middle of the field, ending a key fourth-quarter drive.—
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Rather than letting those items pile up in a cluttered mess, opt for a compact organizer with enough storage to hold all the essentials.—
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Authoring this noisy, jazzy track all by his lonesome, Weir vocally zig-zagged his way across a cluttered arrangement flush with oddball time changes.—
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Some victims reported feeling violated and disturbed by the trend, with many saying their reports to X went unanswered and images remained live on the platform.—
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Meanwhile, some homeowners as far as Plainville and Southington say they, too, are disturbed by the sound and have spent the last year and a half pushing their local governments to act.—
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“Jumbled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jumbled. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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