Untidy
[ʌn'taɪdɪ] or [ʌn'taɪdi]
Definition
(adj.) not neat and tidy; 'careless and untidy in her personal habits'; 'an untidy living room'; 'untidy and casual about money' .
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Definition
(a.) Unseasonable; untimely.
(a.) Not tidy or neat; slovenly.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Slovenly, sluttish.
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Definition
adj. not tidy or neat.—adv. Untī′dily.—n. Untī′diness.
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Examples
- They wore a good deal of hair, not very neatly turned up behind, and were rather untidy about the shoes and stockings. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The note was written on a rather untidy half-sheet, without date or address, but her hand was firm and free. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- He felt like answering: I was, till I saw you again; but instead he stood up abruptly and glanced about him at the untidy sweltering park. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- It looks untidy, does it not, sir? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Her colourless hair was untidy, wisps floating down on to her sac coat of dark blue silk, from under her blue silk hat. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- As bright-eyed as ever, as serene, and as untidy, she would say, Well, Caddy, child, and how do you do to-day? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- They were dressed to correspond, though in a most untidy and negligent way. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- They both rolled on to their feet in an untidy sort of manner, when we came in, and said, 'Halloa, Murdstone! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I looked round the untidy room. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Her hair, so untidy, so blowsy! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
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