untidy
In disarray, cluttered
Untidy means not neat or orderly.
An untidy room has things scattered about; untidy hair hasn't been combed.
The word suggests disarray without implying filth—an untidy desk may simply have papers strewn across it.
Her handwriting was untidy but legible.
British speakers use untidy more frequently than Americans, who tend toward messy.
Crowded with disorder
- messyLacking order or neatness
- litteredScattered with debris
- scatteredSpread irregularly about
- jumbledDisordered, lacking arrangement
disarray · cramped · piled · heaped · strewn · congested · overflowing · chaotic
Untidy in appearance
- rumpledCrinkled from neglect
- tousledDisordered, especially hair
- unkemptUntidy in appearance
- messyLacking order or neatness
scruffy · bedraggled · mussed · wrinkled · slovenly · shabby · tangled · matted
Lacking systematic arrangement
- haphazardLacking organization or plan
- unsystematicLacking methodical arrangement
- unmethodicalLacking orderly procedure
- unstructuredLacking imposed order
muddled · shambolic · careless · slipshod · slapdash · sloppy · lax · hit-or-miss
cluttered
Crowded with disorder
jumbled · disarray · cramped · piled · heaped · strewn · congested · overflowing · chaotic · disordered
disheveled
Untidy in appearance
messy · scruffy · bedraggled · mussed · wrinkled · slovenly · shabby · tangled · matted · frumpy
disorganized
Lacking systematic arrangement
- haphazardLacking organization or plan
- unsystematicLacking methodical arrangement
- unmethodicalLacking orderly procedure
unstructured · muddled · shambolic · careless · slipshod · slapdash · sloppy · lax · hit-or-miss · erratic
unkempt
Untidy in appearance
- overgrownExcessively covered in vegetation
- dilapidatedRuined through neglect
- shabbyWorn and neglected
dusty · grimy · dingy · rundown · uncared-for · weedy · neglected · worn · cobwebby · musty
- cleanlinessclean, cleanliness, clean up, dirty, neatness
- arrangementsarrangement, orchestration, arranged, array, configuration
- disorderchaos, chaotic, disarray, mess, disordered
- slapdashsloppy, hasty, rushed, careless, haphazard
- botchedbotched, bungled, messed up, screwed up, fouled up