untidiness

Example Sentences

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Head coach John Mitchell has pointed to a little untidiness here, some slack hands there, and periods where England have been slow to start or let up the pressure on the accelerator.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2025

Instead, the film depicts people grappling with the untidiness of their emotions through Song’s unassumingly poetic dialogue and luminous imagery.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2023

If you think about nature, untidiness is actually wildly beneficial.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2022

What’s more, untidiness, in this endeavor, can have grave consequences.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 15, 2019

Not in the disarray of rumpled sheets, nor the untidiness of a kicked-off shoe or a wet towel hung over the back of a chair.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy