as in chaotic
lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness
the office is still topsy-turvy even though we moved in months ago
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as in haphazard
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Recent Examples of topsy-turvy
Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 28 Sep. 2024
The topsy-turvy response owes in part to a run-up in stock prices that preceded the rate cut, experts said.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2024
It’s been a topsy-turvy stock market since the Club’s August Monthly Meeting.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2024
The odd political coalitions that have emerged in the fight over SB 1047 augur a topsy-turvy future for AI policy battles.
—Garrison Lovely, The Verge, 11 Sep. 2024
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The junior quarterback completed 30 of 45 passes for 308 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed in with a gutsy, topsy-turvy fourth-quarter TD.
—Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 28 Sep. 2024
The topsy-turvy response owes in part to a run-up in stock prices that preceded the rate cut, experts said.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2024
It’s been a topsy-turvy stock market since the Club’s August Monthly Meeting.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2024
The odd political coalitions that have emerged in the fight over SB 1047 augur a topsy-turvy future for AI policy battles.
—Garrison Lovely, The Verge, 11 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for topsy-turvy
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Fleetwood Mac somehow managed to merge their often chaotic and almost operatic personal lives into their own tale in real-time, which then became legend.Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 19 Nov. 2024
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The snippets of him so far are entertainingly chaotic.Emma Soren, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
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As someone who’s trying to clear out space on their bar cart, having a ton of bottles to make one drink isn’t fun and can also just be messy.Vulture Staff, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2024
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In recent years, former top officials in NASA’s human-spaceflight program have taken jobs at SpaceX. In the meantime, though, more SpaceX flights—and more power for Musk—could be messy, or even dangerous.Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Though a human would probably be able to figure out how to escape from a random room, even a highly mobile robot would get confused and waste time looking for doors in nonsensical places like the floors and ceiling.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 20 Nov. 2024
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The conversation left her confused and gutted — with dozens of questions that could take more than a year to resolve.Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic, 8 Nov. 2024
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“Topsy-turvy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/topsy-turvy. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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