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  • adjective superlative form of untidy: most untidy.

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Examples

  • He finds Britannia damp, cheerless and unwelcoming, partly because of the climate and partly because lack of funds means he is sharing a condemned house with a tribe of mice, a litter of boisterous puppies and the untidiest medic in the Army.

    Archive 2010-08-01 Carla 2010

  • He finds Britannia damp, cheerless and unwelcoming, partly because of the climate and partly because lack of funds means he is sharing a condemned house with a tribe of mice, a litter of boisterous puppies and the untidiest medic in the Army.

    Kings of Lindsey Carla 2010

  • He finds Britannia damp, cheerless and unwelcoming, partly because of the climate and partly because lack of funds means he is sharing a condemned house with a tribe of mice, a litter of boisterous puppies and the untidiest medic in the Army.

    Ruso and the Disappearing Dancing Girls, by Ruth Downie. Book review Carla 2010

  • The car of the balloon was small and neat, some bags of ballast the untidiest of its contents, and he had found a light folding-table and put it at his elbow, and on that was a glass with champagne.

    The War in the Air Herbert George 2006

  • In her anxiety to put space between them she bad walked to the furthest and untidiest corner of the room, where half a dozen canvases leaned with their faces to the wall.

    A Daughter of To-Day Sara Jeannette Duncan

  • The bloods wore evening dress; even the untidiest junior oiled his hair and put on a clean collar.

    The Loom of Youth Alec Waugh 1939

  • Even the shabbiest little girls had a clean white pinafore to hide deficiencies beneath, and the untidiest little boy showed a scrubbed face.

    The Fortunate Youth 1914

  • The car of the balloon was small and neat, some bags of ballast the untidiest of its contents, and he had found a light folding-table and put it at his elbow, and on that was a glass with champagne.

    The War in the Air 1906

  • Even the shabbiest little girls had a clean white pinafore to hide deficiencies beneath, and the untidiest little boy showed a scrubbed face.

    The Fortunate Youth William John Locke 1896

  • I saw her in bed, asleep, with her work not half done, lying about the room in the untidiest way.

    The Queen of Hearts Wilkie Collins 1856

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