Word of the Day: DISORIENTING

Confusing

disorienting (adj) - to cause or be caused to lose a sense of direction or bearings; confusing [dis-awr-ee-ent-ing]

BREAKDOWN: DIS- (apart) + ORIENT- (east) + –ING (process or state)

to disorient to to confuse by causing loss of direction or guidance

disoriented means having lost one's sense of direction, time, or place

“Most people...find a disorienting mismatch between the long-term nature of their liabilities and the increasingly short-term nature of their assets.” —Howard Davies