Something badly botched or muddled.
1 What is this?' She said there was a confusion, there was a mess - up .
2 Divorce and a general mess-up-the usual end, I take it.
3 There was a real mess - up between Boycott and Jim Love, who was also batting.
4 And if I did, it would just be in my messed - up fantasies.
5 Prob'ly lookin' at all them dead, messed - up faces and playin' with hisself!
6 You are entitled to a couple of mess - ups along the way.
7 That's a pretty messed - up reason, but it wasn't the kid's fault.
8 If you'd had him in your computer centre, these mess - ups wouldn't have happened.'
9 The titular character is messed - up , violent and gripped by neuroses, self-doubt and PTSD.
10 This world is wrapped in complex, messed - up , senseless, and incomprehensible misfortune and sadness.
11 These are fallible, coherent characters, making mistakes and stumbling through a messed - up world.
12 The closer our man gets to the truth, the more messed - up he becomes.
13 And that's the most messed - up thing about it. He keeps his head down.
14 It causes a lot of grief and messed - up feelings between musicians and other artists.
15 What kind of messed - up family are we dealing with? Notus just shook his head.
16 She wanted to kiss Ezra for having as messed - up a family as she did.
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