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# untidy

«untidy» in Mova's school dictionary: **messy, with things not in their right places** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (untidy, untidier, untidiest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Untidy means messy, with things not in their right places. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untidy/#m1)

2) An untidy person often leaves things messy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untidy/#m2)

### sense 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untidy/#x1)
- Please tidy your untidy desk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untidy/#x2)
- His handwriting is untidy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untidy/#x3)
- An untidy floor can make someone trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untidy/#x4)
- She has untidy hair after the wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untidy/#x5)
- The untidiest table has to clear up last. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untidy/#x6)
- 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untidy/#x7)

### note

Comparative: untidier, untidiest (y to i). Opposite: tidy, neat. US English often says "messy".

### In the corpora

- [Badger arrives muddy and «rough and touzled» (untidy, tousled); «Welcome home, Toad!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/67-willows-ch11-part3-badger-and-mole-come-home/26/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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