untidy

English

Etymology

From un- + tidy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌnˈtaɪdi/

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• Rhymes: -aɪdi

Adjective

untidy (comparative untidier, superlative untidiest)

untidy room

1. Sloppy.

   I have never seen such an untidy bedroom!

2. Disorganized.

   His finances were in an untidy state when he died.

   • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

     There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.

Synonyms

• disorderly
• slovenly

Antonyms

• neat
• tidy

Derived terms

• untidily
• untidiness

Translations

sloppy

Asturian: enguedeyu m Bulgarian: в безпорядък (v bezporjadăk) Catalan: desendreçat Chinese: Mandarin: 凌亂 (zh) (língluàn), 潦草 (zh) (liáocǎo), 不整潔 / 不整洁 (bù zhěngjié) Czech: neupravený, neuklizený, zaneřáděný, rozcuchaný, nepořádný (cs) Dutch: slordig (nl)morsig (nl) Esperanto: hirta Finnish: sotkuinen (fi), siivoton (fi) French: débraillé (fr), négligé (fr) Galician: espurriñado m, desfargallado m, enfaramallado m, barallado m, deslabazado m, entrugallado m, mastrogada f German: unordentlich (de) Greek: ακατάστατος (el) (akatástatos) Hindi: अव्यवस्थित (hi) (avyavasthit) Irish: míshlachtmhar, amscaí Japanese: please add this translation if you can Krio: chaka-chaka Latin: incomptus Macedonian: неу́реден (neúreden) Māori: pōrohe, uarapa, pūaweawe Plautdietsch: onkrakjt, pukjrich Portuguese: desarrumado (pt), desordenado (pt) Russian: неопря́тный (ru) (neoprjátnyj), неря́шливый (ru) (nerjášlivyj), неаккура́тный (ru) (neakkurátnyj) Scottish Gaelic: tro-chèile Slovak: neupravený, neporiadny Spanish: descuidado (es)

unorganized

Asturian: enguedeyu m Bulgarian: небрежен (bg) (nebrežen) Catalan: desordenat (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 凌亂 (zh) (língluàn), 潦草 (zh) (liáocǎo), 不整潔 / 不整洁 (bù zhěngjié) Czech: neuspořádaný Dutch: rommelig (nl), ongeorganiseerd (nl) Finnish: sekaisin (fi) (adverb), sekainen (fi) French: désordonné (fr), bordélique (fr) Galician: alourado m, trapalleiro (gl) m, foscalleiro m, esballado m, turulleiro m, zarangallo (gl) m Georgian: უწესრიგო (uc̣esrigo), მოუწესრიგებელი (mouc̣esrigebeli) Greek: ακατάστατος (el) (akatástatos) Hindi: अव्यवस्थित (hi) (avyavasthit) Irish: amscaí Japanese: please add this translation if you can Macedonian: не́брежен (nébrežen) Māori: tīraurau, kūnakunaku, kaumingomingo, kōhangaweka Persian: نامرتب (fa) Portuguese: desorganizado (pt) Russian: беспоря́дочный (ru) (besporjádočnyj), неорганизо́ванный (ru) (neorganizóvannyj) Scottish Gaelic: tro-chèile Slovak: neusporiadaný Spanish: desorganizado (es), descuidado (es) Tagalog: makalat Thai: รก (th) (rók) Vietnamese: bừa (vi), lộn xộn (vi)

Verb

untidy (third-person singular simple present untidies, present participle untidying, simple past and past participle untidied)

1. (transitive) To make untidy, to make a mess
   • 2014, Jennie Shortridge, Love Water Memory, page 116:

     Before she closed each drawer she rummaged her hands through the clothes, untidying them just enough to feel comfortable.

Synonyms

• dishevel

Translations

To make a mess

Chinese: Mandarin: 使不整潔 / 使不整洁 (shǐ bù zhěngjié) Finnish: sotkea (fi), sekoittaa (fi) Māori: kōrapu Slovak: rozhádzať, rozhadzovať Tagalog: magkalat

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