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UNTIDY

Irregular inflected forms: untidied  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, untidier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, untidiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 I. (adjective) 

Comparative and superlative

Comparative: untidier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Superlative: untidiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

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Meaning:

Not neat and tidyplay

Example:

untidy and casual about money

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

blowsy; blowzy; slatternly; sluttish (characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially of women)

cluttered; littered (filled or scattered with a disorderly accumulation of objects or rubbish)

disheveled; dishevelled; frowzled; rumpled; tousled (in disarray; extremely disorderly)

disorderly; higgledy-piggledy; hugger-mugger; jumbled; topsy-turvy (in utter disorder)

frowsy; frowzy; slovenly (negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt)

messy; mussy (dirty and disorderly)

scraggly (ragged, thin, or untidy in appearance)

sloppy (lacking neatness or order)

slouchy (lacking stiffness in form or posture)

rambling; sprawling; straggling; straggly (spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly)

unkempt (not properly maintained or cared for)

Also:

dirty; soiled; unclean (soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime)

unfastidious (marked by an absence of due or proper care or attention to detail; not concerned with cleanliness)

ungroomed (not neat and smart in appearance)

Antonym:

tidy (marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits)

Derivation:

untidiness (the trait of being untidy and messy)

untidiness (the condition of being untidy)

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