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untidiness

untidiness noun: the quality of being untidy.

Noun

untidiness (countable and uncountable, plural untidinesses)

  1. The quality of being untidy.
    • There was a slight air of untidiness—or rather, perhaps, an absence of spruceness in any detail—about his general appearance […]1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries
    • Mr. Elliot's frank statement that "sloth and untidiness are indefensible" is a sign that the task will be tackled with vigour.1953 April, “Arrears of Station Maintenance”, in Railway Magazine, page 217

untidiness meaning in Malayalam and Kannada

untidiness in Malayalam

untidiness, clutter
വെടക്ക് veṭakkŭ, അലങ്കോലം alaṅkōlaṁ
untidiness, clutter, dirty
വൃത്തികേട് vr̥ttikēṭŭ

untidiness in Kannada

ಅಚ್ಚುಕಟ್ಟಿಲ್ಲದಿರುವಿಕೆ, ಓರಣವಿಲ್ಲದಿರುವಿಕೆ

Antonyms of untidiness

Forms of untidiness

pluraluntidinesses

Origin of untidiness

From untidy + -ness.

Questions about untidiness

What does untidiness mean?
Untidiness means the quality of being untidy.
What is untidiness in Malayalam?
Untidiness in Malayalam is വെടക്ക് (veṭakkŭ), അലങ്കോലം (alaṅkōlaṁ), വൃത്തികേട് (vr̥ttikēṭŭ). See Untidiness meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is untidiness?
Untidiness is a noun.
What is the plural of untidiness?
The plural of untidiness is untidinesses.

Words near untidiness in the dictionary

  1. untidied
  2. untidier
  3. untidies
  4. untidiest
  5. untidily
  6. untidiness
  7. untidinesses
  8. untidy
  9. untidying
  10. untidyness
  11. untie

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Adapted from Wiktionary: untidiness (page history and authors); അലങ്കോലം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); untidiness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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