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untidy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ʌnˈtaɪdi/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From un- + tidy.

Meanings

  1. Sloppy.
    • I have never seen such an untidy bedroom!
  2. Disorganized.
    • His finances were in an untidy state when he died.
    • There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs,[…], and all these articles[…] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
untidier Degree=Cmp lexicographic
untidiest Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

tidy · neat

Deriveds

untidiness · untidily

Synonyms

disorderly · slovenly

Translations (87)

ca desendreçat (sloppy) · ka მოუწესრიგებელი (unorganized) · gd tro-chèile (unorganized) · ka უწესრიგო (unorganized) · ru неопря́тный (sloppy) · mi tīraurau (unorganized) · ru неря́шливый (sloppy) · cmn 不整潔 /不整洁 (sloppy) · mi kūnakunaku (unorganized) · gl alourado (unorganized) · de unordentlich (sloppy) · cmn 不整潔 /不整洁 (unorganized) · sk neporiadny (sloppy) · cs nepořádný (sloppy) · pt desordenado (sloppy) · eo hirta (sloppy) · fi sekaisin (unorganized) · el ακατάστατος (sloppy) · es descuidado (unorganized) · mi kaumingomingo (unorganized) · cmn 凌亂 (sloppy) · nl ongeorganiseerd (unorganized) · cs neuspořádaný (unorganized) · gl zarangallo (unorganized) · gl esballado (unorganized) · kri chaka-chaka (sloppy) · nl slordigmorsig (sloppy) · gl deslabazado (sloppy) · pt desarrumado (sloppy) · mk неу́реден (sloppy) · fi sekainen (unorganized) · ru беспоря́дочный (unorganized) · th รก (unorganized) · mi pūaweawe (sloppy) · el ακατάστατος (unorganized) · hi अव्यवस्थित (sloppy) · mk не́брежен (unorganized) · gl barallado (sloppy) · vi bừa (unorganized) · bg небрежен (unorganized) · gl turulleiro (unorganized) · cs neuklizený (sloppy) · ga amscaí (unorganized) · vi lộn xộn (unorganized) · pdt onkrakjt (sloppy) · fr débraillé (sloppy) · es descuidado (sloppy) · ru неаккура́тный (sloppy) · gl enfaramallado (sloppy) · cs rozcuchaný (sloppy) · fr bordélique (unorganized) · fi sotkuinen (sloppy) · mi kōhangaweka (unorganized) · sk neusporiadaný (unorganized) · sk neupravený (sloppy) · es desorganizado (unorganized) · pdt pukjrich (sloppy) · fa نامرتب (unorganized) · ga míshlachtmhar (sloppy) · ru неорганизо́ванный (unorganized) · ast enguedeyu (unorganized) · gl foscalleiro (unorganized) · mi uarapa (sloppy) · gd tro-chèile (sloppy) · cmn 凌亂 (unorganized) · cs zaneřáděný (sloppy) · gl mastrogada (sloppy) · tl makalat (unorganized) · cs neupravený (sloppy) · la incomptus (sloppy) · cmn 潦草 (unorganized) · fr désordonné (unorganized) · pt desorganizado (unorganized) · gl espurriñado (sloppy) · gl trapalleiro (unorganized) · fr négligé (sloppy) · bg в безпорядък (sloppy) · nl rommelig (unorganized) · ca desordenat (unorganized) · gl entrugallado (sloppy) · hi अव्यवस्थित (unorganized) · cmn 潦草 (sloppy) · mi pōrohe (sloppy) · ga amscaí (sloppy) · fi siivoton (sloppy) · ast enguedeyu (sloppy) · gl desfargallado (sloppy)

untidy en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ʌnˈtaɪdi/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From un- + tidy.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To make untidy, to make a mess
    • Before she closed each drawer she rummaged her hands through the clothes, untidying them just enough to feel comfortable. 2014, Jennie Shortridge, Love Water Memory, page 116:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
untidying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
untidied Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
untidied Tense=Past lexicographic
untidies Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Synonyms

dishevel

Translations (7)

fi sotkea (To make a mess) · sk rozhádzať (To make a mess) · fi sekoittaa (To make a mess) · sk rozhadzovať (To make a mess) · cmn 使不整潔 /使不整洁 (To make a mess) · mi kōrapu (To make a mess) · tl magkalat (To make a mess)