[ke͡ɪˈɒtɪk], [keɪˈɒtɪk], [k_eɪ_ˈɒ_t_ɪ_k]
Definitions of chaotic
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lacking a visible order or organization
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of or relating to a sensitive dependence on initial conditions
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Resembling chaos; confused.
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In wild confusion; disordered; as, chaotic ideas.
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Like chaos: confused or disordered.
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Of or like chaos; unformed; disordered.
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Confused; thrown together into a vast heap without any order or arrangement.
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Usage examples for chaotic
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Heretofore, its students and ministers had been content to sift its principles from a chaotic mass of statutes and decisions, and collect and arrange the perplexing details of its form of procedure. – Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland by Henry B. Stanton
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How chaotic the world is! – Barriers Burned Away by E. P. Roe
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See my chaotic note, which will appear, I fancy, in November in Henley's sheet. – The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson Other: Andrew Lang
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Below the quiet order of our British constitution are heard, from time to time, the rumble of chaotic and disintegrating forces. – Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Arabella Kenealy
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Dimly, through fainting eyes, I saw a dazzling brilliancy fill the sky; heard with dying ears a chaotic blasting roar. – The Metal Monster by A. Merritt
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If the chaotic disorder of the Austrian Government had been better understood in Europe, less importance would have been attached to this sudden change in its tone. – History of Modern Europe 1792-1878 by C. A. Fyffe
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The chronicles, though chaotic in arrangement, comprise basic source material. – Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest by J. Frank Dobie
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His mind was chaotic – by
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On this chaotic world! – Barriers Burned Away by E. P. Roe
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A great shout went up from the chaotic mass of brown men as the white- clad figures came down the ladder and Ha'o shouted the good news to them. – White Fire by John Oxenham
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His mind was in such a state of chaotic confusion, that it required some time to determine what he ought to do next, or whither he should go. – by
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The plank led to the door of a building that was a marvel even in the chaotic frontier architecture of the street. – Frontier Stories by Bret Harte
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His ideas were chaotic and he seemed to be spiritually adrift. – The Orchard of Tears by Sax Rohmer
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Right at this time, he said, my mind is rather in a chaotic condition. – by
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A splendidly embroidered robe of Europeanism is worn over a chaotic undeveloped mass of semi- barbarism. – A Short History of Russia by Mary Platt Parmele
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Old Maisie's belief in " Uncle Nicholas's" death by drowning, fifty years ago, clung to her mind, as a portion of a chaotic past no visible surrounding challenged. – When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan
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But there was plenty yet to see; for, as the mist reached the shore, it seemed to grow more dense, and began to roll in great clouds up some vast slope, and then higher and higher, revealing a long, narrow beach; then a line of chaotic rocks, which had fallen from above; then higher and higher, cliff upon cliff, weather- beaten to a hundred hues; and up above these again, towering mountains; lastly, as if to give the culminating beauty to the scene, the clouds rolled away from one tremendous peak, attended by a score of minor heights, crowned with dazzling ice and snow, vivid and beautiful in the glorious summer sun. – Steve Young by George Manville Fenn
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We travelled about ten miles by poling; this is the best day's work that we have made since we entered this chaotic region. – Ismailia by Samuel W. Baker
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However chaotic the material in which he proposed to work, however inadequate his powers, it was yet a truth that, could he execute anything at all, it would be something of the kind thus vaguely contemplated. – The Emancipated by George Gissing
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To further describe the chaotic state of England occasioned by the terrible and bloody war would serve no purpose. – The Invasion by William Le Queux