farraginous

adjective

Definition of farraginousnext
as in various

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  1. various
  2. diverse
  3. messy
  4. chaotic
  5. divergent
  6. muddled
  7. jumbled
  8. sundry
Adjective
  • Duhamel cycled through various versions of names based on the artists in Fergie’s dream.
    — Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Improving technology and travel search engines also give travelers more transparency into price deals for various destinations at particular times of year, experts said.
    — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of various
Adjective
  • This reframes California's economic health, highlighting a vibrant, diverse entrepreneurial spirit that continues to shine.
    — Lisa Curtis, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • But a new study has found reliable evidence that this formative process involved more diverse species also making the transition.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of diverse
Adjective
  • Where there might be a nugget of truth (water-holding, adhesion, seed spacing), there are simpler, proven, and less messy alternatives.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The game commenced with four unanswered scores from Jenks and sloppy play from Southlake Carroll that included a handful of early penalties, messy substitutions and a lack of rhythm.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of messy
Adjective
  • To cap the most chaotic week of his managerial career, Joe Espada celebrated his 51st birthday on Sunday.
    — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Today marks five years since the chaotic, deadly ending of America's nearly 20-year war in Afghanistan.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of chaotic
Adjective
  • And so on through wildly divergent spousal scenarios, featuring such welcome faces as The Decameron dreamboat Amar Chadha-Patel and Emily Hampshire from Schitt’s Creek.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Horse racing's Triple Crown faces an uncertain future as leading institutions pursue divergent strategies.
    — Nicole Kraft, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of divergent
Adjective
  • Xabi Alonso’s Madrid, for stretches of last season, looked tactically muddled and defensively exposed.
    — Sam Leveridge, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Despite being trained on the glorious quirks of humankind’s creative canon, the models push our ersatz artistic output into a bland, muddled middle ground.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of muddled
Adjective
  • Entering the season, two quarterbacks sit in the top tier, followed by a drop-off to the second and third tiers — both of which are crowded and jumbled.
    — Dane Brugler, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Imagine a termite carving a path like a jumbled ball of string through a tree trunk, instead of an axe cleaving a single vector.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of jumbled
Adjective
  • That leaves sundry food deserts in such places as Central Harlem, the South Bronx, Central Brooklyn including Bed Stuy and Brownsville, and the North Shore of Staten Island.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Big, small, or somewhere in between, these sundry cultivars are all stem tubers belonging to the same nightshade family (Solanaceae).
    — Randi Gollin, Martha Stewart, 26 July 2026
Definition of sundry
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“Farraginous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farraginous. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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