untidy
1Untidy — Un*ti dy, a. 1. Unseasonable; untimely. [Obs.] Untidy tales. Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster] 2. Not tidy or neat; slovenly. [1913 Webster] {Un*ti di*ly}, adv. {Un*ti di*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …
2untidy — index disordered, disorderly, lax, slipshod Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3untidy — early 13c., untimely, unseasonable, unsuitable, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + TIDY (Cf. tidy). Cf. W.Fris. ontidich, M.Du. ontidich, Du. ontijdig, O.H.G. unzitich, Ger. unzeitig, Norw. utidig untimely, unseasonable, unfavorable. Meaning …
4untidy — [adj] dirty, disorderly bedraggled, careless, chaotic, cluttered, disarranged, disarrayed, disheveled, dowdy*, frowzy*, in disorder, jumbled, littered, mess, messy, mixed up*, muddled, rumpled, slapdash*, slipshod*, sloppy, slovenly, snarled,… …
5untidy — ► ADJECTIVE (untidier, untidiest) 1) not arranged tidily. 2) not inclined to be neat. DERIVATIVES untidily adverb untidiness noun …
6untidy — [untī′dē] adj. untidier, untidiest [ME untydi] not tidy; not neat or in good order; slovenly; messy untidily adv. untidiness n …
7untidy — [[t]ʌnta͟ɪdi[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If you describe something as untidy, you mean that it is not neat or well arranged. The place quickly became untidy. ...a thin man with untidy hair... Clothes were thrown in the luggage in an untidy heap. Ant: tidy …
8untidy */ — UK [ʌnˈtaɪdɪ] / US adjective Word forms untidy : adjective untidy comparative untidier superlative untidiest a) an untidy place does not look nice because many things are in places where they should not be. The usual American word is messy The… …
9untidy — adj. VERBS ▪ be, look, seem ▪ I m afraid the house is rather untidy. ▪ become, get ▪ I ve become more untidy since I stopped going out to work …
10untidy — adjective Date: 14th century 1. a. not neat ; slovenly < their untidy kitchen > b. not neat or orderly in habits or procedure < an untidy mind > 2. a. not neatly organized or carried out < an untidy ma …
