Meaning & use
Untidy
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Not neat or orderly; messy in appearance or arrangement.
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His desk was so untidy that he could never find important papers.
She quickly tidied the untidy living room before her guests arrived.
A note on using this word
Chiefly used in British English, where "messy" is the more common equivalent in American English.
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