untidy

Example Sentences

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Happy Birthday to the glorious, untidy, steadfast, magnificent experiment that is the United States.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

In the living room, a pilot rearranges an untidy study desk.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

"We were a bit untidy in attack but I thought we were outstanding in defence. We really cut off their edges, shut them right out."

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2025

But to Berkowitz the untidy appearance hasn’t diminished what he sees as quality care he’s provided to his ducks.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2024

His jet-black hair, however, was just as it always had been — stubbornly untidy, whatever he did to it.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling