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Meanings of untidy in English

Portuguese
hirto
Spanish
desorganizado

Not neat and tidy.

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        Usage of untidy in English
        1
        THE cabin in which I found myself was small and rather untidy.
        The Island of Doctor Moreau
        2
        It's untidy, and it shows a lack of a real workmanlike spirit.
        Dexter in the Dark
        3
        B.; you are accused of having an untidy floor about your desk.
        The Teacher / Or, Moral Influences Employed in the Instruction a...
        4
        She was slightly embarrassed, for she was not ordinarily quite so untidy.
        Dreamsnake
        5
        Her hair was untidy and her face was dull grey in colour.
        The Captives
        6
        An untidy lad let him in and took him into a drawing-room.
        Of Human Bondage
        7
        Katie could be untidy on occasions; but her very untidiness was inviting.
        The Three Clerks
        8
        So have I. I take a wicked pleasure in being picturesquely untidy.
        Mr. Prohack
        9
        Felice followed through the whole untidy apartment into the narrow cluttered room.
        Little Miss By-The-Day
        10
        I found Amelia in a richly-furnished house, but looking untidy and ill-cared-for.
        Stepping Heavenward
        11
        Look but at his untidy hair and the holes in his boots.'
        Knights of Art: Stories of the Italian Painters
        12
        With her lace wrapped up in an untidy parcel she slipped downstairs.
        The Palace Beautiful: A Story for Girls
        13
        At his feet were several dead men in a very untidy condition.
        Chivalry
        14
        The other is a boy, untidy in his clothes, as you see.
        The Evil Genius: A Domestic Story
        15
        The fireplace was grim with dirty pieces of paper and untidy shavings.
        The Captives
        16
        The inside of the Englishman's house was as untidy as the outside.
        Beautiful Joe: An Autobiography
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        Translations for untidy
        Portuguese
        hirtoeriçado
        Untidy through the time
        Untidy across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common
        United States of America
        Less common