untidy
AdjectiveUS[uhn-tahy-dee]/ənˈtaɪdi/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (1)untidier, untidiest
- not neat and tidy“careless and untidy in her personal habits”“an untidy living room”“untidy and casual about money”Opposite tidySimilar disheveled, disorderly, cluttered, frowsy, sloppy, scraggly, messy, sprawling +3 moreSee also dirty, unfastidious, ungroomed
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Untidy
Formed with the prefix un- (“not”). See tidy.
Un·ti′dy adjective
1. Unseasonable; untimely. obsolete “Untidy tales.” Vision of Piers Plowman
2. Not tidy or neat; slovenly.
— Un·ti′wb-a1′>′di·ly (#), adverb — Un·ti′wb-a1′>′di·ness, noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54