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   untidy

   /ʌnˈtʌɪdi/

   adjective

   • 1. not arranged neatly and in order: "the place was dreadfully untidy" Similar disorderedmessyin a messdisorderlydisorganizedin disorderin confusionconfusedclutteredin a cluttermixed upin a muddlemuddledin a jumblejumbledin chaoschaotichaywiretopsy-turvyin disarrayawryaskewupside downupsetdisruptedat sixes and sevensinformal:higgledy-piggledyevery which wayshamboliclike a dog's dinner/breakfastOpposite tidyorderly
   • ▪ not inclined to keep one's possessions or appearance neat and in order: "she was chronically untidy and her clothes lay where she had dropped them" Similar scruffytousleddishevelledunkemptmessydisordereddisarrangedmessed uprumpledbedraggleduncombedungroomedstragglyruffledtangledmattedwindblownwildfrowzydirtysleazyseedyslovenlyslatternlysloppyinformal:rattymussed upslobbishslobbyraggedyschlumpyraunchyarchaic:draggle-tailedOpposite tidyneat

   Derivatives

   • 1. untidily adverb
   • 2. untidiness noun

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