untidy
adjective
not tidy or neat; slovenly; disordered.
untidiness
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a word derived from
untidy.
Example Sentences
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But in the official photo issued by the prime minister's office on Thursday, the untidiness had disappeared.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2024
Instead, the film depicts people grappling with the untidiness of their emotions through Song’s unassumingly poetic dialogue and luminous imagery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2023
It occurred to me at some point that, at the very least, even when “The Burnt City” is impenetrable, it does mirror war in its untidiness.
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2022
If you think about nature, untidiness is actually wildly beneficial.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2022
Not in the disarray of rumpled sheets, nor the untidiness of a kicked-off shoe or a wet towel hung over the back of a chair.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
