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disoriented

di·so·rien·ted

US/dɪˈsɔriˌɛntɪd/ uncommon us

adjective

1.

having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity

  • “I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway”
  • “the anesthetic left her completely disoriented”
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2.

socially disoriented

  • “anomic loners musing over their fate”
  • “we live in an age of rootless alienated people”
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Origin

From dis- + oriented or disorient + -ed.

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