Adjective
untidy (comparative untidier, superlative untidiest)
- Sloppy.
I have never seen such an untidy bedroom!
- Disorganized.
His finances were in an untidy state when he died.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.
Translations
sloppy
- Asturian: enguedeyu m
- Bulgarian: в безпорядък (v bezporjadǎk)
- Catalan: desendreçat
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 凌亂 (zh) (língluàn), 潦草 (zh) (liáocǎo), 不整潔 / 不整洁 (bù zhěngjié)
- Czech: neupravený, neuklizený, zaneřáděný, rozcuchaný, nepořádný (cs)
- Dutch: slordig (nl)morsig (nl)
- Esperanto: hirta
- Finnish: sotkuinen (fi), siivoton (fi)
- French: débraillé (fr), négligé (fr)
- Galician: espurriñado m, desfargallado m, enfaramallado m, barallado m, deslabazado m, entrugallado m, mastrogada f
- German: unordentlich (de)
- Greek: ακατάστατος (el) (akatástatos)
- Hindi: अव्यवस्थित (hi) (avyavasthit)
- Irish: míshlachtmhar, amscaí
- Japanese: please add this translation if you can
- Krio: chaka-chaka
- Latin: incomptus
- Macedonian: неу́реден (neúreden)
- Maori: pōrohe, uarapa, pūaweawe
- Plautdietsch: onkrakjt, pukjrich
- Portuguese: desarrumado (pt), desordenado (pt)
- Russian: неопря́тный (ru) (neoprjátnyj), неря́шливый (ru) (nerjášlivyj), неаккура́тный (ru) (neakkurátnyj)
- Scottish Gaelic: tro-chèile
- Slovak: neupravený, neporiadny
- Spanish: descuidado (es)
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unorganized
- Asturian: enguedeyu m
- Bulgarian: небрежен (bg) (nebrežen)
- Catalan: desordenat
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 凌亂 (zh) (língluàn), 潦草 (zh) (liáocǎo), 不整潔 / 不整洁 (bù zhěngjié)
- Czech: neuspořádaný
- Dutch: rommelig (nl), ongeorganiseerd (nl)
- Finnish: sekaisin (fi) (adverb), sekainen (fi)
- French: désordonné (fr), bordélique (fr)
- Galician: alourado m, trapalleiro (gl) m, foscalleiro m, esballado m, turulleiro m, zarangallo (gl) m
- Georgian: უწესრიგო (uc̣esrigo), მოუწესრიგებელი (mouc̣esrigebeli)
- Greek: ακατάστατος (el) (akatástatos)
- Hindi: अव्यवस्थित (hi) (avyavasthit)
- Irish: amscaí
- Japanese: please add this translation if you can
- Macedonian: не́брежен (nébrežen)
- Maori: tīraurau, kūnakunaku, kaumingomingo, kōhangaweka
- Persian: نامرتب (fa)
- Portuguese: desorganizado (pt)
- Russian: беспоря́дочный (ru) (besporjádočnyj), неорганизо́ванный (ru) (neorganizóvannyj)
- Scottish Gaelic: tro-chèile
- Slovak: neusporiadaný
- Spanish: desorganizado (es), descuidado (es)
- Tagalog: makalat
- Thai: รก (th) (rók)
- Vietnamese: bừa (vi), lộn xộn (vi)
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Verb
untidy (third-person singular simple present untidies, present participle untidying, simple past and past participle untidied)
- (transitive) To make untidy, to make a mess
2014, Jennie Shortridge, Love Water Memory, page 116:Before she closed each drawer she rummaged her hands through the clothes, untidying them just enough to feel comfortable.