misarray

Noun

1. disarray; disorder; confusion
   • Then uproar wild and misarray/ Marr'd the fair form of festal day. - 1810, Walter Scott, “Canto V. The Combat.”, in The Lady of the Lake; […], Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for John Ballantyne and Co.;...
   • If need be, madam, sweep the room But leave my desk in misarray: So even in my den at Doom If need be, madam, sweep the room And gather me with but a broom. - 1946, Catholic World, volume 163:
   • But for me, even worse than the stilted dialogue, the stagy direction and theatrically artificial “acting”, were the totally disconcerting jump cuts between the studio scenes – artfully misdirected by Anthony Kimmins...