核心畫面

To organize can be thought of as putting something into a structure: papers into an order, people into a group, land into a system of government. Put un- in front and that step has simply not happened. So unorganized shows things that are all present but have not been given a shape.

organized 可以想成「被放進一個結構裡」:紙張被排好、人被編進團體、土地被劃進制度。前面加上 un-,就是這更多收起organized 可以想成「被放進一個結構裡」:紙張被排好、人被編進團體、土地被劃進制度。前面加上 un-,就是這個動作沒有發生過。所以 unorganized 的畫面比較像一堆東西都在,只是還沒有被給定形狀——不是缺少,是缺少秩序。

From the word’s history

From un- + organized.

由 un-(不)加 organized(被整理、被組織起來的)構成,字面就是「這件事沒被做過」。

Wiktionary entry for unorganized (kaikki extract supplied in evidence packet): etymology tree un- + organized.

Two branches

東西和人沒有條理

最直接的一層:該整理的沒整理,所以東西找不到、事情排不好。

adjective · B2

Not put into any order or plan. Used about things that are in a mess, and about people who do not plan well and so cannot easily find things or finish them on time.

雜亂無章的

沒有被編進制度

同樣是「沒有被放進結構裡」,只是這裡被整理的不是東西,而是人和土地,而那個結構是工會或政府。

adjective · C1

Used about workers who do not belong to a union, or to any other group that could speak for them and protect them at work.

沒有工會組織的