untidy
Use Untidy in a sentence
di adjective
1.
not tidy or neat; slovenly; disordered: an untidy room; an untidy person.
2.
not well-organized or carried out: an untidy plan.
verb (used with object)
3.
to mess up; disorder; disarrange: The guests untidied the room.
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untidy (ʌnˈtaɪdɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj , -dier, -diest | |
| 1. | not neat; slovenly |
| —vb , -dier, -diest, -dies, -dying, -died | |
| 2. | (tr) to make untidy |
| un'tidily | |
| —adv | |
| un'tidiness | |
| —n | |
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untidy
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Example sentences
Report of an unclean or untidy yard, alley, or court that is visible from the street.
He went to a little untidy desk in the corner, and began a note.
The individual market is extraordinarily untidy, variegated, and malleable.
This, and the inevitable hopping from country to country or century to century, give the book an untidy air in places.
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