In many states, government education is in severe disarray, with teachers often failing to show up.
But look around the world and the centre-left is in disarray, with conservatives triumphant.
The country's politics is in disarray, with five elections in 11 years.
The Bush administration appeared in disarray, with officials duking out their differences in the press.
They have been a team in disarray, with no simple solution in sight.
Mr. O'Driscoll also created a sense of disarray with the edit itself: he made "bad cuts" intentionally.
The apartment was in "complete disarray, with blood on the floor," said Paul J. Browne, the Police Department's chief spokesman.
Three years later the Papal States fell into even greater disarray with the outbreak of the Great Schism (1378 1417).
Mr Pistorius's mini-trial began its fourth day in disarray with the policeman's chair in the prosecution team noticably empty.
Brussels Airport was in disarray, with only one runway operating and a severely limited number of new arrivals.
There are other signs of bureaucratic disarray with regard to setting policy regarding the war on terrorism.
