Untidy 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 34
/ʌnˈtaɪ.di/ (adj)
not neat or tidy, disorderly, messy, in a mess, slovenly, unkempt, disheveled, chaotic, cluttered, shabby, ragged, scruffy
If you want to be less philosophical, you could argue that your children should maintain a tidy space because untidy spaces are inefficient and look ugly. But again, it’s not your space, so why worry? You can plead hygiene, but the number of teenagers suffering serious infections as a result of poor room-hygiene, so far as I am aware, remains remarkably low.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/
Antonyms: tidy, neat, smart
Adverb: untidily
Noun: untidiness
