top·sy-tur·vy
ˌtäp-sē-ˈtər-vē 
1
: in utter confusion or disorder
2
: with the top or head downward : upside down
: turned topsy-turvy : totally disordered
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Examples of topsy-turvy in a Sentence
Adjective
the office is still topsy-turvy even though we moved in months ago
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2024
Bottom line: This may just be the beginning of a topsy-turvy period for the market.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2024
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2023
Pinsker’s characters always make the best of tricky situations, which only makes their struggles in her topsy-turvy worlds more heartbreaking.
—Charlie Jane Anders, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2023
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Adverb
But not all instances of topsy-turvy compensation need to include eye-watering sums of money.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2024
Bottom line: This may just be the beginning of a topsy-turvy period for the market.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2024
Noun
Within that film’s topsy-turvy multiverse, Quan was by turns a laundromat owner on the verge of divorcing his wife, a dashing romantic lead and an action hero.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2023
Pinsker’s characters always make the best of tricky situations, which only makes their struggles in her topsy-turvy worlds more heartbreaking.
—Charlie Jane Anders, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2023
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“Topsy-turvy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/topsy-turvy. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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