whakaparure
1. (verb) to be languid, spiritless, confused, incoherent, disorganised, uncoordinated.
Ko ngā raruraru nunui i ūwhia ki runga i te Māori i muri mai i te hainatanga o te Tiriti o Waitangi i te tau 1840, ko te minamina o ngā tāngata whai kua kaha haere nei te taetae mai kia rahi ake te whenua e riro i a rātou, me te kaha whakaparure haere i te tikanga noho a te Māori ina tīmata ana te whakapāpā haere ki te Pākehā (TTR 1994:131). / The major problems that confronted Māori after the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 were the desire of the people arriving for more land, and increasing social disorganisation when Pākehā contact began.
Synonyms: haumaruru, toupiore, ruhi, ngehe, pāroherohe, iwingohe, parure