untidy
/ʌnˈtaɪdi/
untidy adjective: sloppy.
Adjective
untidy (comparative untidier, superlative untidiest)
- Sloppy.
- I have never seen such an untidy bedroom!
- 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...1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
Verb
untidy (third-person singular simple present untidies, present participle untidying, simple past and past participle untidied)
- 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
- Synonyms:
- dishevel
untidy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
untidy in Hindi
- sloppy
- अव्यवस्थित avyavasthit
- unorganized
- अव्यवस्थित avyavasthit
untidy in Tamil
- ஒழுங்கற்ற
untidy in Urdu
- بےقرینہ, میلا کچیلا, پھوہڑ پن کا
untidy in Malayalam
- tousled, scruffy, dishevelled
- വൃത്തിയില്ലാത്ത, വൃത്തിയും വെടിപ്പുമില്ലാത്ത, പ്രാകൃതമായ, മലിനവസ്ത്രധാരിയായ, അലക്ഷ്യമായ വസ്ത്രധാരണത്തോടുകൂടിയ, ചപ്രത്തലയായ
- in a mess, disordered, disorderly
- വെടിപ്പില്ലാത്ത, വൃത്തിയും വെടിപ്പുമില്ലാത്ത, അലങ്കോലപ്പെട്ട, മുറതെറ്റിയ, ക്രമമറ്റ, ക്രമം തെറ്റിയ
More languagesFewer languages
- untidy in Kannada
- ಅಚ್ಚುಕಟ್ಟಿಲ್ಲದ, ಓರಣವಿಲ್ಲದ, ಕ್ರಮವಿಲ್ಲದ, ಅವ್ಯವಸ್ಥಿತವಾದ
- untidy in Tagalog
- makalat, magkalat
- untidy in Persian
- نامرتب
- untidy in Thai
- รก rók
- untidy in Vietnamese
- bừa, lộn xộn
Examples of untidy in a sentence
- The wet weather made her hair frizzy and untidy.
- Those who have scrappy, untidy writing are often scrappy and untidy in their thinking.
- I've always thought I was too large for a soft, musical name like Louise, too untidy.
Synonyms of untidy
Antonyms
Forms of untidy
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | untidier |
| superlative | untidiest |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | untidies |
| present participle | untidying |
| past participle | untidied |
| past | untidied |
Origin of untidy
From un- + tidy.
Words formed from untidy
Words that rhyme with untidy
Questions about untidy
- What does untidy mean?
- Untidy means sloppy.
- What is untidy in Hindi?
- Untidy in Hindi is अव्यवस्थित (avyavasthit). See Untidy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is untidy?
- Untidy can be an adjective or a verb.
- How do you pronounce untidy?
- Untidy is pronounced /ʌnˈtaɪdi/.
Words near untidy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: untidy (page history and authors); untidy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); untidy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); untidy (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); untidy (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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