untidy

From un- +‎ tidy.

• IPA^(key): /ʌnˈtaɪdi/

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• Rhymes: -aɪdi

untidy (comparative untidier, superlative untidiest)

 

1. Sloppy.

   I have never seen such an untidy bedroom!

2. Disorganized.

   His finances were in an untidy state when he died.

   • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

     There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.

• disorderly
• slovenly

• neat
• tidy

untidy (third-person singular simple present untidies, present participle untidying, simple past and past participle untidied)

1. (transitive) To make untidy, to make a mess
   • 2014, Jennie Shortridge, Love Water Memory, page 116:

     Before she closed each drawer she rummaged her hands through the clothes, untidying them just enough to feel comfortable.

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