nonalphabetized
|non-al-pha-bet-ized|
🇺🇸
/ˌnɑn.æl.fəˈbɛt.aɪzd/
🇬🇧
/ˌnɒn.æl.fəˈbɛt.aɪzd/
(alphabetize)
arrange alphabetically
Etymology
'nonalphabetized' originates from Modern English, specifically formed from the negative prefix 'non-' + 'alphabetized'; the prefix 'non-' comes from Latin 'non' meaning 'not', and 'alphabetized' comes from 'alphabetize'.
'alphabetize' ultimately derives from Greek 'alphabetos' ('alpha' + 'beta') through Latin and Old French into Middle English as 'alphabet'; the verb-forming suffix '-ize' was added in Modern English to make 'alphabetize', and later the prefix 'non-' was attached to form 'nonalphabetized'.
Initially the components referred to 'not' + 'alphabetized', and the combined form has retained the straightforward meaning 'not arranged alphabetically' in modern usage.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Verb 1
past participle form of 'nonalphabetize' (to cause something not to be arranged alphabetically).
Because of the reclassification, the curator had nonalphabetized several boxes of records.
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Adjective 1
not arranged in alphabetical order.
The index was nonalphabetized, so finding titles took much longer.
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