un- + tidy
untidy (comparative untidier , superlative untidiest )
untidy room
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.
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 )
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 )
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)
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 )
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 )
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)
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.