untidy
adjective (untidy, untidier, untidiest)
Everyday
- Untidy means messy, with things not in their right places. tree →
- An untidy person often leaves things messy. tree →
In the lessons
Used at home and school: "Your room is untidy, please tidy it." In handwriting: untidy writing is hard to read. Safety: untidy floors can make people trip.
Examples
- My bedroom is very untidy. tree →
- Please tidy your untidy desk. tree →
- His handwriting is untidy. tree →
- An untidy floor can make someone trip. tree →
- She has untidy hair after the wind. tree →
- The untidiest table has to clear up last. tree →
- His new wife had an only daughter, who was both ugly and untidy, whereas her stepdaughter was a beautiful girl, and was known as Maiden Bright-eye. tree →
Note
Comparative: untidier, untidiest (y to i). Opposite: tidy, neat. US English often says "messy".
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «untidy» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «untidy» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/untidy/