untidy

English

Etymology

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.
   • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 4293071:

     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
• Bulgarian: в безпорядък (v bezporjadǎk)
• Catalan: desendreçat
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: slordig (nl)morsig (nl)
• French: débraillé (fr), négligé (fr)
• Galician: espurriñado (gl) m, desfargallado (gl) m, enfaramallado (gl) m, barallado (gl) m, deslabazado (gl) m, entrugallado (gl) m, mastrogada (gl) f
• German: unordentlich (de)
• Greek: ακατάστατος (el) (akatástatos)
• Irish: míshlachtmhar, amscaí
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

• Krio: chaka-chaka
• Latin: incomptus
• Maori: 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
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: rommelig (nl), ongeorganiseerd
• French: désordonné (fr), bordélique (fr)
• Galician: alourado (gl) m, trapalleiro (gl) m, foscalleiro (gl) m, esballado (gl) m, turulleiro (gl) m, zarangallo (gl) m
• Georgian: უწესრიგო (uc̣esrigo), მოუწესრიგებელი (mouc̣esrigebeli)
• Greek: ακατάστατος (el) (akatástatos)
• Irish: amscaí
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

• Maori: tīraurau, kūnakunaku, kaumingomingo, kōhangaweka
• 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: please add this translation if you can

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.

Translations

To make a mess

• Maori: kōrapu

• Slovak: rozhádzať, rozhadzovať
• Tagalog: magkalat

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