untidy

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌnˈtaɪdi/
• Rhymes: -aɪdi

Etymology

un- +‎ tidy

Adjective

untidy (comparative untidier, superlative untidiest)

1. Sloppy.

   I have never seen such an untidy bedroom!

2. Disorganized.
   • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 12, in The Mirror and the Lamp:

     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.

   His finances were in an untidy state when he died.

Synonyms

• disorderly
• slovenly

Antonyms

• neat
• tidy

Translations

sloppy

• Asturian: enguedeyu m
• Catalan: desendreçat
• Dutch: slordig (nl)morsig (nl)
• French: débraillé (fr), négligé (fr)
• German: unordentlich (de)
• Greek: ακατάστατος (el) (akatástatos)
• Irish: míshlachtmhar, amscaí

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Krio: chaka-chaka
• Maori: pōrohe, uarapa
• Portuguese: desarrumado (pt), desordenado (pt)
• Russian: неопря́тный (ru) (neoprjátnyj), неря́шливый (ru) (nerjášlivyj), неаккура́тный (ru) (neakkurátnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: tro-chèile
• Spanish: descuidado (es) m

unorganized

• Asturian: enguedeyu m
• Catalan: desordenat
• Dutch: rommelig (nl), ongeorganiseerd
• French: désordonné (fr), bordélique (fr)
• Georgian: უწესრიგო (uc̣esrigo), მოუწესრიგებელი (mouc̣esrigebeli)
• Greek: ακατάστατος (el) (akatástatos)
• Irish: amscaí

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: tīraurau, kūnakunaku, kaumingomingo
• Portuguese: desorganizado (pt)
• Russian: беспоря́дочный (ru) (besporjádočnyj), неорганизо́ванный (ru) (neorganizóvannyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: tro-chèile
• Spanish: desorganizado (es) m, descuidado (es) m

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To make untidy.
   • 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.

Anagrams

• nudity