Untidy | Definition of untidy by Merriam-Webster

Full Definition of UNTIDY

1

a : not neat : slovenly <their untidy kitchen>

b : not neat or orderly in habits or procedure <an untidy mind>

2

a : not neatly organized or carried out <an untidy manuscript>

b : conducive to a lack of neatness <untidy tasks like bathing the baby — New Yorker>

— un·ti·di·ly \-ˈtī-də-lē\ adverb

— un·ti·di·ness \-ˈtī-dē-nəs\ noun

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14th century

Synonyms: chaotic, cluttered, confused, disarranged, disarrayed, disheveled (or dishevelled), disordered, disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, jumbled, littered, messed, muddled, mussed, mussy, pell-mell, rumpled, sloppy, topsy-turvy, tousled, tumbled, unkempt, messy, upside-down

Antonyms: bandbox, crisp, kempt, neat, neatened, ordered, orderly, organized, shipshape, snug, tidied, tidy, trim, uncluttered, well-ordered

: not neat

— un·ti·di·ly \-ˈtī-də-lē\ adverb

— un·ti·di·ness \-ˈtī-dē-nəs\ noun

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