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

"It's basically about the satisfaction of starting with something untidy, learning the skills to bring order to the scene, then looking back at a job well done," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

In a cagey encounter, players appeared fatigued with both teams untidy in possession and lacking quality in the final third.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2025

The pde tower, with a cow-byre under the two living chambers, had come the last of alL So it was among the untidy wreckage of centuries that Gareth scampered, looking for Us brothers.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White