Thesaurus / untidy
FEEDBACKHow to use untidy in a sentence
Rather than one person’s untidy reveries, the picture evokes an orderly cosmos.
IN THE GALLERIES: WORKS OF ART EMERGE VIA WAKING UP WITH A WORD IN MINDMARK JENKINSMAY 21, 2021WASHINGTON POSTPromising Young Woman just feels like a movie that’s too raw, too untidy, and too polarizing to ever win Best Picture.
PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN’S EXPLOSIVE ENDING AND BEST PICTURE CHANCES, EXPLAINEDEMILY VANDERWERFFAPRIL 16, 2021VOXThat might be fine for a customer meeting but it can be intimidating for employees who did not manage to get their hair done perfectly in the morning or have an untidy room.
CAMERAS ON OR OFF?: MANAGERS DEBATE VIRTUAL MEETINGS ETIQUETTEJESSICA DAVIESMARCH 18, 2021DIGIDAYFor example, if you’re fighting with your spouse about the messy kitchen, agree not to comment on housework during work hours no matter how untidy your home gets.
AS STAY-AT-HOME RESTRICTIONS RISE, HERE ARE WAYS TO COPEWASHINGTON POST STAFF, ELIZABETH CHANG, MARI-JANE WILLIAMS, BECKY KRYSTAL, KENDRA NICHOLS, CAITLIN MOORE, STEPHANIE MERRY, MISSY ROSENBERG, KATHERINE LEEDECEMBER 2, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThen a fat, untidy old man appeared in the doorway of a cubicle within the shop, and Edwin Clayhanger blushed.
HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETTThe lady of the roses went to the mirror over the untidy mantel piece, and looked at herself, as she answered.
ROSEMARY IN SEARCH OF A FATHERC. N. WILLIAMSONHis untidy hair was rumpled, as if someone had been hanging onto it while in the process of giving him the shiner.
FEE OF THE FRONTIERHORACE BROWN FYFEA soiled bonnet cap, untidy strings, or torn gloves and collar will utterly spoil the prettiest costume.
THE LADIES' BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, AND MANUAL OF POLITENESSFLORENCE HARTLEYThey were pert and spoiled, untidy and noisy, although handsome and highly bred of feature.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONShe never got dishevelled or untidy, and her trim tweed skirt and serviceable boots never made her look unwomanly.
THE DOCTOR OF PIMLICOWILLIAM LE QUEUXWORDS RELATED TO UNTIDY
- ailing
- beat up
- bedraggled
- crummy
- decaying
- decrepit
- dingy
- dog-eared
- down-at-the-heel
- drooping
- droopy
- faded
- flagging
- frowzy
- gone to seed
- grubby
- in a bad way
- mangy
- messy
- neglected
- old
- overgrown
- poor
- poorly
- ragged
- ratty
- sagging
- scruffy
- shabby
- sickly
- sleazy
- slovenly
- squalid
- tacky
- tattered
- threadbare
- tired
- torn
- unkempt
- untidy
- unwell
- used up
- wilted
- wilting
- worn
- ailing
- beat-up
- bedraggled
- crummy
- decaying
- decrepit
- dingy
- dog-eared
- down-at-the-heel
- drooping
- droopy
- faded
- flagging
- frowzy
- gone to seed
- grubby
- in a bad way
- mangy
- messy
- neglected
- old
- overgrown
- poor
- poorly
- ragged
- ratty
- sagging
- scruffy
- shabby
- sickly
- sleazy
- slovenly
- squalid
- tacky
- tattered
- threadbare
- tired
- torn
- unkempt
- untidy
- unwell
- used-up
- wilted
- wilting
- worn
- bedraggled
- begrimed
- black
- contaminated
- cruddy
- crummy
- defiled
- disarrayed
- dishabille
- disheveled
- dreggy
- dungy
- dusty
- filthy
- foul
- fouled
- greasy
- grimy
- grubby
- grungy
- icky
- lousy
- messy
- mucky
- muddy
- murky
- nasty
- polluted
- raunchy
- scummy
- scuzzy
- slatternly
- slimy
- sloppy
- slovenly
- smudged
- smutty
- soiled
- sooty
- spattered
- spotted
- squalid
- stained
- straggly
- sullied
- unclean
- undusted
- unhygienic
- unkempt
- unlaundered
- unsanitary
- unsightly
- unswept
- untidy
- unwashed
- yucky
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