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untidy

/ʌnˈtaɪdi/ adjective B1
  1. Sloppy. · I have never seen such an untidy bedroom!
  2. Disorganized. · His finances were in an untidy state when he died.

Comparative untidier · Superlative untidiest

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Her hair so untidy, so blowzy!”
Pride and Prejudice, p. 37 · B2
An anomaly which often struck me in the character of my friend Sherlock Holmes was that, although in his methods of thought he was the neatest and most methodical of mankind, and although also he affected a certain quiet primness of dress, he was none the less in his personal habits one of the most untidy men that ever drove a fellow-lodger to distraction.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 1 · B2
It looks untidy, does it not, sir?”
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 7 · C1
His face was disturbed and troubled, while his clothes were disarranged and untidy.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 66 · B2

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