The phrase "a state of disorder" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or condition where things are chaotic, disorganized, or not in order.
Example: "After the storm passed, the garden was left in a state of disorder, with branches scattered everywhere."
Alternatives: "a condition of chaos" or "a situation of disarray."
He went up with the detective and when he saw the room he realized it was in a state of disorder.
The scene shows the young newlyweds at breakfast in a large, well-furnished room but in a state of disorder as after a night's entertainment.
Power figures were a response to a state of disorder: an attempt to summon magic and spirits to tame what was otherwise beyond their makers' control.
The last time a government department was given a similarly grave verdict on its finances was in 2005 when the Home Office's accounts were in such a state of disorder that they could not be audited.
Many people suspect that the occupiers are deliberately keeping the country in a state of disorder and chaos, so they can use it as an excuse to avoid handing over power to an Iraqi government.
Maybe — though the real problem may be that people with lives in a state of disorder because of bad health and unpaid bills would give up first, not last.
Thus when bound to PT03 in the crystal, helix-6 is likely in a state of dynamic disorder which occasionally turns to static disorder as a result of crystal packing effects.
The spontaneous reaction is the one that yields a state of greater disorder.
Mr Arafat seems, over these past weeks, to have tried to keep his people in a state of controlled disorder.
But what's becoming clearest in this fight isn't anything about Hagel, but the derangement of the Republican Party, to use what may soon be an obsolete term for a movement in a state of sour disorder.
One of Khairi's daughters, a young, red-haired woman who speaks French, often comes to help him cook and clean, but in spite of her efforts Khairi lives in a state of domestic disorder, with piles of documents, newspapers, and un-ironed clothes everywhere.
