untidy (ʌnˈtaɪdɪ
)
Definitions
adjective
- not neat; slovenly
verb
- (tr) to make untidy
Alternative Forms
unˈtidily adverb unˈtidiness nounSynonyms
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messy,
disordered,
chaotic,
littered,
muddled,
cluttered,
jumbled,
rumpled,
shambolic,
bedraggled,
unkempt,
topsy-turvy,
higgledy-piggledy,
mussy,
muddly,
disarrayed,
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unkempt,
dishevelled,
tousled,
disordered,
messy,
ruffled,
scruffy,
rumpled,
bedraggled,
ratty,
straggly,
windblown,
disarranged,
mussed up,
daggy,
Translations
- British English:
untidy
Something that is untidy is messy, and not neatly arranged.She threw her clothes into an untidy heap.ʌnˈtaɪdɪ ADJECTIVE She threw her clothes into an untidy heap.
- Spanish:
desordenado
adj desordenada
- French:
désordonné
adj
- German:
unordentlich
adj
- Chinese: 不整洁的 adj
- Arabic: غَيْرُ مُرَتَّب adj
- Portuguese: desarrumado adj desarrumada
- Russian: неаккуратный adj неаккуратная
- Croatian: neuredan adj neuredna
- Czech: nepořádný adj
- Danish: rodet adj
- Dutch: slordig adj
- Finnish: epäsiisti adj
- Greek: ατημέλητος adj ατημέλητη
- Italian: disordinato adj disordinata
- Japanese: だらしのない adj
- Korean: 단정치 못한 adj
- Norwegian: uryddig adj
- Polish: nieporządny adj nieporządna
- Brazilian Portuguese: desarrumado adj desarrumada
- European Spanish:
desordenado
adj desordenada
- Swedish: ovårdad adj ovårdat
- Thai: ไม่เป็นระเบียบเรียบร้อย adj
- Turkish: dağınık adj
- Vietnamese: không gọn gàng adj
Usage examples
Dear Gwen: Hannah conjured her up in her mind, the earnest brown eyes, the tall, gauche frame and untidy hair.
, The Gospel Makers (1994)Limitations Lack of attention to detail, and untidy implementation of plans.
Business Today (1996)We are well into what has become the most untidy political year in living memory.
Ottawa Sun (2003)Even in her late eighties she would manage the winding stairs to visit the untidy offices of her Soho publishers.
Times, Sunday Times (2001)For example, say `You always leave the bathroom in a mess", not `You are the most untidy person I have ever known.
, Assert Yourself (1992)