• (RP) IPA: /keɪˈɒtɪk/
• (GA) IPA: /keɪˈɑtɪk/, /-dɪk/, [-ɾɪk]

chaotic

1. fill#Verb|Filled with chaos.
2. Extremely disorganized or in disarray.

   Synonyms: shambolic

   • 1851 November 13, Herman Melville, “The Chapel”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, OCLC 57395299 ↗, page 40 ↗:

     Yes, there is death in this business of whaling—a speechlessly quick chaotic bundling of a man into Eternity.

3. (mathematics) Highly sensitive to starting#Adjective|starting condition#Noun|conditions, so that a small change#Noun|change to them may yield#Verb|yield a very different outcome.
4. (role-playing games) Aligned against following or upholding laws and principles.

   Antonyms: lawful

• French: chaotique
• German: chaotisch
• Italian: caotico
• Portuguese: caótico
• Russian: хаоти́ческий
• Spanish: caótico

• French: chaotique
• German: chaotisch
• Italian: caotico
• Portuguese: caótico
• Russian: хаоти́чный
• Spanish: caótico

chaotic (plural chaotics)

1. (role-playing games) A character having a chaotic alignment.