untidy
adjective
un·ti·dy
ˌən-ˈtī-dē 
1
a
: not neat : slovenly
their untidy kitchen
b
: not neat or orderly in habits or procedure
an untidy mind
2
a
: not neatly organized or carried out
an untidy manuscript
b
: conducive to a lack of neatness
untidy tasks like bathing the baby—
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I can never find anything in this untidy office.
neighbors gossiped about the woman's rumpled and untidy children
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Arata Yamamoto, NBC News, 7 Oct. 2024
Palermo is as untidy as life and as temperamental as a Sicilian lover.
—Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2024
Life unfolds in its untidy way, and tests commitments.
—Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024
Bad parents of their own extended childhoods, struggling with the second, or third, act of untidy lives.
—Nick Bowlin, Harper's Magazine, 24 Mar. 2024
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“Untidy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/untidy. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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untidy
adjective
un·ti·dy
ˌən-ˈtīd-ē
ˈən-
1
: not neat : careless
2
a
: not neatly organized or carried out
b
: marked by a lack of neatness
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