be untidy
Frequency: 8.525.1 per million words
Used to describe the state of being not neat or well-arranged.
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Examples (10)
- I'm afraid the house is rather untidy.
- His desk is always untidy, with papers scattered everywhere.
- She apologized because her hair was a bit untidy after the long walk.
- The garden has been untidy ever since the storm last week.
- It is very untidy to leave your clothes on the floor like that.
- Despite her efforts, the children's room is often untidy by noon.
- Please don't be so untidy when you are working in the kitchen.
- The workshop is notoriously untidy, but he knows where everything is.
- Why is your handwriting so untidy on this application form?
- If the shelves are untidy, the customers might find it hard to shop.