Meaning of untidy in English

1. Pronunciation

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1. Classifying Adjective

   untidy

   Definitions

   1. careless and slovenly

   Synonyms

   • unfastidious

2. Qualitative Adjective

   untidy

   Definitions

   1. not neat and tidy

   Examples

   • « careless and untidy in her personal habits »
   • « an untidy living room »
   • « untidy and casual about money »

   Synonyms

   • blowsy
   • blowzy
   • slatternly
   • sluttish
   • cluttered
   • littered
   • disheveled
   • dishevelled
   • frowzled
   • rumpled
   • tousled
   • disorderly
   • higgledy-piggledy
   • hugger-mugger
   • jumbled
   • topsy-turvy
   • messy
   • mussy
   • scraggly
   • sloppy
   • slouchy
   • sprawling
   • straggling
   • straggly
   • unkempt
   • frowsy
   • frowzy
   • slovenly

   Antonyms

   • tidy

See also

• dirty
• unfastidious
• ungroomed

Browse dictionary

• untidiness
• untidily
• unthreatening
• unthoughtfulness
• untidy
• untie
• untied
• untier
• untilled