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as in messy
lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness
I can never find anything in this untidy office
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as in sloppy
lacking neatness in dress or person
neighbors gossiped about the woman's rumpled and untidy children
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Recent Examples of untidy
Without easy access, harder to reach shelves can get overlooked (and become untidy).
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Jordan Goldberg, Architectural Digest, 3 Jan. 2025
The incongruity between Buckley’s lapidary political views and his untidy appearance was simply too much for the letter writer to square.
—Andrew Ferguson, National Review, 19 Dec. 2024
The video begins with Fran's husband standing in the doorway of an untidy bedroom.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
Eagle-eyed social media users had spotted the editing over the untidy suits of the country’s top officials.
—Arata Yamamoto, NBC News, 7 Oct. 2024
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Jordan Goldberg, Architectural Digest, 3 Jan. 2025
The incongruity between Buckley’s lapidary political views and his untidy appearance was simply too much for the letter writer to square.
—Andrew Ferguson, National Review, 19 Dec. 2024
The video begins with Fran's husband standing in the doorway of an untidy bedroom.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
Eagle-eyed social media users had spotted the editing over the untidy suits of the country’s top officials.
—Arata Yamamoto, NBC News, 7 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for untidy
Adjective
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As for her glam, the jewelry designer tossed her hair back into a messy bun with strands of hair to frame her face.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
17 June 2025
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Worn with the wrong pieces, the look can seem messy or ill-defined.—
René Chávez Esparza,
Glamour,
17 June 2025
Adjective
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Crystal Skull is easily Spielberg’s laziest, sloppiest work — even the action sequences seem phoned-in — and it’s filled with unforgivable howlers: Shia LaBeouf’s limp attempt at being a bad boy, Cate Blanchett’s hammy villain, the goddamn fridge scene.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
20 June 2025
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The Cardinals took full advantage of the sloppy inning, scoring five runs on the way to clobbering the Sox 12-2 in front of 16,974 at Rate Field.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
18 June 2025
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He was reinstated after a chaotic week that included a mass employee revolt and a brief stint at Microsoft.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
20 June 2025
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More than a decade ago, a Reuters investigation concluded that Iran's ayatollah also controlled a massive financial empire built on property seizures in the chaotic years after the 1979 revolution, when many Iranians fled overseas.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
19 June 2025
Adjective
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Most wine lovers know that the word Sauvignon comes from the French word sauvage and the word blanc simply means white, but most people don’t know the reason is because when untrained vines of the variety have a distinctly unkempt appearance.—
Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen,
Robb Report,
4 Nov. 2024
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But, as in these United States, the key question remains whether creeping totalitarianism — from the left and the right — will squeeze everyday people out of their inalienable right to just be their sometimes obnoxious, unkempt, idiosyncratic selves.—
Ed Wallace,
New York Daily News,
6 June 2024
Adjective
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Head out onto the water to sail around the archipelago, keeping your eyes peeled for breaching minke whales and bearded seals, as well as shaggy muskoxen—one of the few megafauna to survive the Ice Age—and Arctic wolves patrolling the shoreline.—
Chloe Berge,
Outside Online,
17 June 2025
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For the occasion, Taylor-Johnson kept his curls shaggy.—
Starr Bowenbank,
People.com,
16 June 2025
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Despite decades of existence, Jack in the Box’s sales remain stagnant, its strategy appears confused, and investors are becoming increasingly uneasy.—
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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Charles Leclerc, meanwhile, was left confused by the team’s strategy call — having gone long on the opening stint, but never seemed like a genuine threat to the leaders and lacking the outright pace of Lando Norris on the same strategy.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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The other near certainty in Lead Actor should be Gary Oldman, who anchors Slow Horses with a slovenly charisma that is, against all odds, deeply watchable.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
24 May 2025
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Related Stories The movie O’Neil has put together out of this footage, which premiered last night at Cannes, is by any real-world standard a slovenly and undisciplined piece of work.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
19 May 2025
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Troubled Factories: The medications came mostly from plants in India where inspectors found contaminated drugs, filthy labs and falsified records.—
Debbie Cenziper,
ProPublica,
17 June 2025
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The next year, his fame reached a new echelon after the release of Pumping Iron, a docudrama that highlighted Schwarzenegger's strange charisma and filthy sense of humor.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
12 June 2025
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“Untidy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untidy. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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