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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
The expansive structure and its surrounding parking lots had fallen into an untidy appearance of weeds, peeling paint and visible graffiti on the exterior in recent years.
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Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 2 July 2025
And being untidy is considered a personal failing in our culture, a breach of the moral code.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 21 May 2025
Even her confession of her untidy bathroom eschews the pedestal of celebrity.
—Jessica Ourisman, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Where Olive is messy, untidy, and unconcerned about the state of her apartment, Florence is obsessively clean, tidy, and obsessed with hygiene.
—Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
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Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 2 July 2025
And being untidy is considered a personal failing in our culture, a breach of the moral code.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 21 May 2025
Even her confession of her untidy bathroom eschews the pedestal of celebrity.
—Jessica Ourisman, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Where Olive is messy, untidy, and unconcerned about the state of her apartment, Florence is obsessively clean, tidy, and obsessed with hygiene.
—Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for untidy
Adjective
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Tallying the number of Americans detained by immigration agents is inherently messy and incomplete.—
Nicole Foy,
ProPublica,
18 Oct. 2025
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If a mess does happen, clean up spills or messy bakes early so that grime and grease don’t build up.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Chelsea occasionally bypassed the press with Gusto, a right-back playing in midfield, and captain Reece James interchanging positions, but were not helped by sloppy moments.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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Or that fixing problems like their sloppy first-quarter defense and stagnant run game — at least for one week — gives reason to believe their floor and ceiling will rise higher as the season progresses.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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San Diego’s chaotic shift in city trash service has begun to stabilize, with more customers signing up for new bins and more of the roughly 19,000 property owners who lost city service managing to strike deals with private haulers.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Oct. 2025
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Her other grands live full, busy and chaotic lives.—
Abigail Van Buren,
Boston Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Fanning, for whom this film is certainly a showcase, plays Polly, who’s revealed to be a physical and emotional mess in the opening scenes, in which she’s shown anxiously puttering around her large, unkempt house, chain-smoking and trying on dresses for an upcoming important interview.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Oct. 2025
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As the friend mentioned the dirty, unkempt sidewalks, trash in the street and the overgrown trees, Bidegain decided something needed to be done.—
Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Oct. 2025
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The series does not touch on the tabloid attention that followed the Beckhams in 2004, when it was alleged that David had an affair with his personal assistant, Rebecca Loos, and the many further accusations of cheating that littered gossip columns after.—
Scarlett Harris,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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Cigarette butts are the most littered item on the planet.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
16 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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But that created a messy, cluttered look more reminiscent of a clearance store.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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The bright red handle is also easy to spot in your cluttered utensils drawer.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Her brunette hair was styled with a shaggy aesthetic with fringe to frame her face.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
17 Oct. 2025
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But as on Letterboxd, Runquist’s YouTube videos are conversational and shaggy.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Officers were apparently confused.—
Aida Alami,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
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One of the artists looked at me a little confused.—
Mankaprr Conteh,
Rolling Stone,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Untidy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untidy. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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