untidiness

Example Sentences

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But in the official photo issued by the prime minister's office on Thursday, the untidiness had disappeared.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2024

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

It occurred to me at some point that, at the very least, even when “The Burnt City” is impenetrable, it does mirror war in its untidiness.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2022

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

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2022

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