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Recent Examples of untidiness
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.
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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.
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Alice Burton,
Vulture,
12 Jan. 2026
Despite no Premier League goals and a general untidiness to his work, his manager sees his potential.
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Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
12 Dec. 2025
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
Despite no Premier League goals and a general untidiness to his work, his manager sees his potential.
—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
12 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for untidiness
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Either way, Angela’s slip is definitely showing in terms of behind-the-scenes messiness (seriously, enough is enough with the cheating stories!
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Alcock’s scrappy characterization, tempering Kara’s jaded toughness and chaotic messiness with an increasingly strong sense of justice, would seem an ideal fit to continue in a similar vein.
Noun
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Mexico punished the Czech Republic’s sloppiness with aplomb after weathering their opponents’ good start, scoring all three goals in the second half.
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Despite the sloppiness, Rafaela was awarded an RBI single.
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The children reportedly lived in squalor and weren’t enrolled in school.
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Reform and Restore are no doubt relying on support from pockets of deprivation, squalor and neglect in Makerfield.
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“Untidiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untidiness. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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