adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
leave sth open/empty/untidy etc
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I wish you’d stop leaving the door open.
untidy
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There was a small untidy garden behind the house.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
hair
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Jeans were out, likewise long and untidy hair , while beards were not encouraged.
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White, thin, with big dark eyes and untidy hair .
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Fran ran a hand over her damp face and smoothed her untidy hair .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
sb always was lucky/untidy etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He was comically tall and thin with a long growth of untidy beard.
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The little children were dirty and untidy , but very happy.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I don't remember every single item in every untidy report that the two of you have ever put in.
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Is she really free to be as tidy or untidy as she pleases?
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It was a delightful, careless room, untidy and rather deficient in comfortable chairs.
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The darkness of the long winter night had settled when the train came to an untidy halt at Pot'ma station.
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The room was untidy , dusty, and much used.
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This was in a most untidy state.
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Woe betide anyone who was untidy or out of step on one of the marches.