2. Not tidy or neat; slovenly. ※ -- {Un*ti"di*ly}, adv. -- {Un*ti"di*ness}, n.
"When we came here it was just this untidy slope, a great field with hundreds of anthills and stones.
Inept with knives, knife makers chime in. So untidy, eyewitnesses testify, that the kitchen is fast displacing the dinner table as prime slicing site.
"The group structure seems to have grown increasingly untidy," says John Mulcahy, a director at Peregrine Brokerage Ltd., a local securities firm.
Liberal democracy, that most untidy form of government, proves to have a strange appeal that crosses cultural and linguistic barriers.
Despite the untidy process, some of NFIB's would-be delegates are optimistic about their chances.
She recalls with dismay an untidy, disorganized Miss America, and the one or two Miss Americas who, if you weren't talking about them, weren't listening.
Irwin said he won't forget "The Irish Goat," an untidy, crusty hiker who woke everyone one night with his screams.
The process was sometimes untidy but it was orderly and worked well.