MUSSINESS Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

mussiness

noun

Definition of mussiness

as in messiness

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Noun

Choreographed spectacle is easier, in some sense, than contending with the messiness of the workaday world.

— Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Consider the mature height and width of your tree before planting it, as well as any potential problems with messiness or invasive roots.

— Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 31 July 2026

Definition of messiness

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Remember when the Yankees were in the middle of a summer slide filled with sloppiness and bad bullpen work, and Cashman spent a bunch of prospect capital to bring in seven players at the deadline, essentially remaking the clubhouse?

— Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Harbaugh, who said a few days ago that the Giants don’t want penalties, tried to downplay the sloppiness of the practice due to the excitement of being in pads.

— Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of sloppiness

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These conspicuous little signs of untidiness take mere seconds to clean up and can be the secret to a home that somehow always looks pristine, even if just at first glance.

— Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2026
Bills are being paid late, the practice is a frightening level of untidiness, there’s a miniature horse in the study, and Siegfried is passed out on the sofa with some loose woman under a trench coat beside him.

— Alice Burton, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026

Definition of untidiness

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To break through the water’s tight molecular network, the escaping CO2 relies on nucleation sites—microscopic rough spots, impurities, or foreign objects that disrupt the arrangement of water molecules and allow gas molecules to easily cluster.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Aug. 2026
But impurities can be scattered throughout the array, including the incorporation of nitrogen.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 29 July 2026

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