inorganized

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English

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Etymology

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From in- +‎ organized.

Adjective

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inorganized (comparative more inorganized, superlative most inorganized)

  1. unorganized
  2. Not containing organs.
    • 1839, Jonathan Pereira, The Elements of Materia Medica:
      The Organized and inorganized kingdoms are distinguished from each other by peculiarities of chemical composition, of form and structure, and of actions or functions.
    • 1843, The British and Foreign Review Or European Quarterly Journal, page 403:
      The phaenomena of organized bodies are obviously more complex than the others; they depend greatly on inorganized bodies, while the latter in no way depend on them: hence the necessity of studying physiology after the sciences of inorganized bodies.
    • 1849, M. Tarver, T.F. Risk, The Western Journal, of Agriculture, Manufactures, Mechanic Arts, Internal Improvement, Commerce, and General Literature:
      Of creation there are two grand divisions, organized and inorganized. Of the organized there are two divisions, called the animal and vegetable kingdoms. These two, with inorganized creation, constitute the three great departments of nature, which gradually approach, and almost imperceptibly pass into one another.

Verb

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inorganized

  1. simple past and past participle of inorganize