untidy
/ n'taidi/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Not neat or orderly in appearance or arrangement: Describes something that is messy, disorganized, or not kept clean and tidy.
- Careless in habits or appearance: Describes a person or their habits that show a lack of care for neatness.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- Her desk was very untidy, with papers and books scattered everywhere.
- He has always been untidy in his personal habits.
- The untidy room needed a thorough cleaning.
Advanced Usage
- "to look untidy": to appear messy or disheveled.
- After the long journey, his clothes looked untidy.
- "to leave something untidy": to not clean or organize something after using it.
- Please don't leave the kitchen untidy.
Variants and Related Words
- Untidily (adverb): In a messy or disorganized manner.
- The clothes were thrown untidily on the floor.
- Untidiness (noun): The state or quality of being messy.
- The untidiness of the garage made it hard to find anything.
Synonyms
- Messy: Covered with or full of mess; untidy.
- Disorderly: Lacking organization; in a state of confusion.
- Slovenly: (Especially of a person or their appearance) messy and dirty.
Antonyms
- Tidy: Arranged neatly and in order.
- Neat: (Of a place or thing) arranged in an orderly, clean, or simple way.
- Orderly: Neatly and methodically arranged.
Related Phrases
- "to make untidy": to cause something to become messy.
- The children made the living room untidy with their toys.
Adjective
- not neat and tidy
- careless and untidy in her personal habits
- an untidy living room
- untidy and casual about money