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  • adjective comparative form of messy: more messy

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Examples

  • Premise Seven: The longer we wait for civilization to crash—or the longer we wait before we ourselves bring it down—the messier will be the crash, and the worse things will be for those humans and nonhumans who live during it, and for those who come after.

    Archive 2008-10-19 papabear 2008

  • Premise Seven: The longer we wait for civilization to crash—or the longer we wait before we ourselves bring it down—the messier will be the crash, and the worse things will be for those humans and nonhumans who live during it, and for those who come after.

    The New Beginning papabear 2008

  • Much of pre-war European history was, by contemporary standards, far "messier" than today Ukrainian politics is.

    Europe's Share in the Ukrainian Malaise: The EU commits a historical mistake denying Kyiv a membership perspective 2009

  • I also think that in terms of difficulty, bio edges physics out but only very slightly, because as some have said, it's "messier"; harder to apply the scientific method to with any expectation of accuracy though some wonderfully creative efforts have come from that same challenge.

    RRTeaching Rosie Redfield 2008

  • If the elder Mubarak dies in office, however, the succession scenario becomes "messier," with no guarantee of military support for his son, the memos say.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • If the elder Mubarak dies in office, however, the succession scenario becomes "messier," with no guarantee of military support for his son, the memos say.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • Next, Gillian discussed making the show's love triangle "messier" by adding animals to the mix, which led to an intriguing discussion of bestiality.

    Inside TV Blog 2010

  • If the elder Mubarak dies in office, however, the succession scenario becomes "messier," with no guarantee of military support for his son but also few other clear alternatives, the memos say.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2010

  • Next, Gillian discussed making the show's love triangle "messier" by adding animals to the mix, which led to an intriguing discussion of bestiality.

    TV Squad 2010

  • Fadool explained that because the mosaic pattern of zebrafish photoreceptors is so precise, mutations causing subtle alterations are easier to uncover than in retinas with a "messier" arrangement.

    EurekAlert! - Breaking News 2009

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