Meanings
noununtidiness (countable and uncountable, plural untidinesses)
plural untidinesses
- countableuncountableThe quality of being untidy.
Mr. Elliot's frank statement that "sloth and untidiness are indefensible" is a sign that the task will be tackled with vigour.
1953 April, “Arrears of Station Maintenance”, in Railway Magazine, page 2171 more example
There was a slight air of untidiness—or rather, perhaps, an absence of spruceness in any detail—about his general appearance […]
1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
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Origin
Translations
Bulgarian безпорядък
- безпорядък (bezporjadăk)the quality of being untidy
Dutch slordigheid
- slordigheidthe quality of being untidy
German Schlamperei
- Schlampereithe quality of being untidy
Greek ατσαλιά
- ατσαλιά (atsaliá)the quality of being untidy
Hungarian rendetlenség
- rendetlenségthe quality of being untidy
Irish liopastacht, amscaíocht
- liopastachtthe quality of being untidy
- amscaíochtthe quality of being untidy
Italian disordine, sciatteria
- disordinethe quality of being untidy
- sciatteriathe quality of being untidy
- sciattezzathe quality of being untidy
Latin immunditia
- immunditiathe quality of being untidy
Polish nieporządek, nieład
- nieporządekthe quality of being untidy
- nieładthe quality of being untidy
Russian беспоря́док, сви́нство
- беспоря́док (besporjádok)the quality of being untidy
- сви́нство (svínstvo)the quality of being untidy
Scottish Gaelic mì-chruinnealas
- mì-chruinnealasthe quality of being untidy
Spanish desaseo
- desaseothe quality of being untidy
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untidiness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untidiness
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“untidiness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untidiness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “untidiness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untidiness.
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