untidiness

Example Sentences

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Head coach John Mitchell has pointed to a little untidiness here, some slack hands there, and periods where England have been slow to start or let up the pressure on the accelerator.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2025

Instead, the film depicts people grappling with the untidiness of their emotions through Song’s unassumingly poetic dialogue and luminous imagery.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2023

It occurred to me at some point that, at the very least, even when “The Burnt City” is impenetrable, it does mirror war in its untidiness.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2022

If you think about nature, untidiness is actually wildly beneficial.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2022

But there was an unmistakable grooming about him, too; he was not one of those who used untidiness to substantiate their radicalism.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie