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Recent Examples of untidy The video begins with Fran's husband standing in the doorway of an untidy bedroom. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024 Eagle-eyed social media users had spotted the editing over the untidy suits of the country’s top officials. Arata Yamamoto, NBC News, 7 Oct. 2024 Palermo is as untidy as life and as temperamental as a Sicilian lover. Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2024 Life unfolds in its untidy way, and tests commitments. Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for untidy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for untidy
Adjective
  • Plus, Sherman-Palladino and Palladino were amenable to her perspective on Geneviève, an overburdened, passionate woman with a messy personal life.
    Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The answer turned out to be an inversion of sorts — Kate ended up with a lot of comics Clint’s beats, including Lucky, the Pizza Dog, the messy apartment, and the fun trick arrows.
    Nola Pfau, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Had the veteran made sloppy errors or been at blame for any goals conceded, Farke would have been left with nowhere else to turn.
    Beren Cross, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
  • During Nebraska’s run, Cardenas endured an uncharacteristic sloppy spell, turning over the ball six times in the first half.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Monday's event was the latest congressional town hall to get chaotic.
    Joe Walsh, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2025
  • As a governance matter, some investors complained that the pivots are too chaotic.
    Justin Worland, Time, 18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Most wine lovers know that the word Sauvignon comes from the French word sauvage and the word blanc simply means white, but most people don’t know the reason is because when untrained vines of the variety have a distinctly unkempt appearance.
    Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2024
  • But, as in these United States, the key question remains whether creeping totalitarianism — from the left and the right — will squeeze everyday people out of their inalienable right to just be their sometimes obnoxious, unkempt, idiosyncratic selves.
    Ed Wallace, New York Daily News, 6 June 2024
Adjective
  • With their thick, shaggy fur, the 5-month-old wolves are better adapted to the cold.
    Emily Mullin, Wired News, 7 Apr. 2025
  • In the first, the sheepdog appears engulfed by a thick coat of long white fur, his face nearly obscured by the shaggy mass.
    John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • If readers are confused, consider yet again that Instagram could claim all of 30 million users when its acquisition was announced.
    John Tamny, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Those who lost their Medicaid health care reported being unaware or confused about how to report work hours.
    Phil Galewitz, NPR, 15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Slough House is headed by the slovenly, flatulent, and frequently intoxicated Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman), who routinely heaps verbal abuse on his staff but is nonetheless a brilliant spymaster in his own smelly way.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Corruption within the organization, after all, is as much a part of the show as Jackson Lamb’s slovenly habits and horrible diet.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Aurangzeb imprisoned his ailing father in 1658 and defeated his brother the year after, before forcibly parading him in chains on a filthy elephant on the streets of Delhi.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The network has ordered Gordon Ramsay’s Secret Service, which will see the celebrity chef go undercover to rescue America’s filthiest restaurants.
    Peter White, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025

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“Untidy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untidy. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

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