untidy

Example Sentences

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In the living room, a pilot rearranges an untidy study desk.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

There have been complaints about the increasingly untidy nature of the park with rubbish and sanitation concerns raised.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2025

The assessments from his former masters at Lancaster Road Junior School and Euston Road Senior School in Morecambe included criticism of the late entertainer's attendance and "poor and untidy written work".

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2024

But to Berkowitz the untidy appearance hasn’t diminished what he sees as quality care he’s provided to his ducks.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2024

A thin girl with untidy hair came out: the baby we had heard crying at her hip, a small boy clinging to her sari; stood staring at us with a slight frown.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya