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# untidiness

«untidiness» in Mova's school dictionary: **the state of being messy and not in order, like a room…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (untidiness — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Untidiness is the state of being messy and not in order, like a room with things everywhere. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untidiness/#m1)

2) Untidiness can also mean messy work or appearance, like untidy handwriting or clothes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untidiness/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday family life: arguments about untidiness in bedrooms. In school: untidiness in books and handwriting may lose marks for presentation. It tells the reader about a messy place or character.

### examples

- Mum complained about the untidiness of my room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untidiness/#x1)
- The teacher marked down the untidiness of my work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untidiness/#x2)
- His untidiness drove his sister mad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untidiness/#x3)
- The untidiness of the garden showed nobody lived there. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untidiness/#x4)
- Untidiness on the stairs can cause falls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untidiness/#x5)
- She tried to fix the untidiness of her hair before the photo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untidiness/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. From «untidy» + «-ness»; y becomes i. Opposite: «tidiness». In safety, toys left on stairs are dangerous untidiness.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «untidiness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untidiness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.