untidy

Example Sentences

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"It's going to look a bit untidy on the way through. Big reforms always do," Communications Minister Anika Wells has said.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2025

"Dog law in general is an untidy mess."

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2025

But to Berkowitz the untidy appearance hasn’t diminished what he sees as quality care he’s provided to his ducks.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2024

Photographs of the sign-fitter's work van - which she said was "almost always dirty and untidy" - were shown to the jurors.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2024

Colonel Korn was an untidy disdainful man with an oily skin and deep, hard lines running almost straight down from his nose between his crepuscular jowls and his square, clefted chin.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller