untidy
Americanadjective
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not tidy or neat; slovenly; disordered.
an untidy room; an untidy person.
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not well-organized or carried out.
an untidy plan.
verb (used with object)
adjective
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- untidily adverb
- untidiness noun
Etymology
Origin of untidy
Example Sentences
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“Freedom’s untidy,” Rumsfeld said a month into the invasion of Iraq, as the country convulsed, adding, “Stuff happens.”
From Washington Post
The prime minister’s untidy personal life is more a subject of mockery than opprobrium in 21st-century Britain.
From New York Times
Our experience illustrates how deep, untidy and idiosyncratic vaccine resistance may be.
From Los Angeles Times
Rather than one person’s untidy reveries, the picture evokes an orderly cosmos.
From Washington Post
Just doing nothing can do good; bees thrive in “all the ‘untidy’ areas” of backyard thickets and leaf litter, she writes.
From New York Times
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