untidy
- adjective
- /ʌnˈtaɪdi/
- Bachelors are supposed to be untidy, aren't they?
- untidy and scruffy
- untidy work
It was shameful that they voted through this flawed, dangerously untidy, sloppy legislation.
- It was shameful that they voted through this flawed, dangerously untidy, sloppy legislation.
- Fun from untidy nether regions with Manscaped,
- B messy untidy C talkative chatty D crook ori ori.
Examples
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I don't mind a little chaos, but my desk is too untidy to work comfortably.
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I'm sorry it's so untidy, sir.
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Would you say you had an untidy mind?
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You really are an untidy boy.
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The place is a little untidy.
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The children are young and active; the house is untidy, crowded, and clamorous with their friends.
Fiction book (1997) -
Her hair was long and untidy; she wore it bound back in a little scarf.
Fiction book (1995) -
He's an untidy little bugger, though.
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Corbal stooped to pass through, glanced about the untidy room, and seated himself on a three-legged stool.
Fiction book (2000) -
His room is always untidy, with clothes scattered everywhere.
Synonyms
Not tidy or clean, with things in the wrong place
Untidy and done without care
Not in a clear order or plan
Full of too many things so it looks messy
Having messy hair, clothes, or things around them
Not neat in appearance, often with messy hair or clothes
Something that is untidy and not in order
Not arranged in a clear or tidy way
A place or thing that is untidy and not in order
Not in a clear order and often messy
Not neat or tidy in appearance
Not put in any order
Not put in order and left messy
In a messy, mixed-up way with things in no order
Messy and untidy in how a person or place looks
Mixed together in a confused and untidy way
Messy and jumbled so people cannot understand it
Having hair or fabric that is messy and stuck together in clumps
Dirty and messy, with things in the wrong places
Antonyms
How Tidy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word untidy is made of un- 'not' and tidy, which comes from an old idea of being 'on time' or 'in order'. So untidy means 'not in order' or messy.