messiness
Example Sentences
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From fashion runways to the covers of books, a trendy “naive” aesthetic is ditching polished perfection for the deliberate messiness of childhood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026
Any discrepancies in Erika’s biography can be explained by the normal messiness of human life and memory, plus mundane bureaucratic issues.
From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2026
Therapy, alongside lots of "painful" conversations with her daughter, has helped them to start sifting through their "family messiness and complexity".
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026
“They don’t want to deal with the papers and documents and messiness of that.”
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 29, 2026
He seemed unaware of the messiness of the arrangement.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
