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

"It's going to look a bit untidy on the way through," she said in early November.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2025

"Dog law in general is an untidy mess."

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2025

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

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2025

She didn’t like discomfort; even picnics were untidy and inconvenient: all those insects and the sun melting the icing on the cupcakes.

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg