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Untidy

Unseasonable; untimely.

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Blowzy 84% connected

Coarse and ruddy-faced; fat and ruddy; high colored; frowzy.

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Blowzy 84% connected

Coarse and ruddy-faced; fat and ruddy; high colored; frowzy.

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Cluttered 84% connected

of Clutter

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Cluttered 84% connected

of Clutter

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Disheveled 84% connected

of Dishevel

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Disheveled 84% connected

of Dishevel

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Dishevelled 84% connected

of Dishevel

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Dishevelled 84% connected

of Dishevel

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Disorderly 84% connected

Not in order; marked by disorder; disarranged; immethodical; as, the books and papers are in a disorderly state.

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Disorderly 84% connected

Not in order; marked by disorder; disarranged; immethodical; as, the books and papers are in a disorderly state.

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Frowzy 84% connected

Slovenly; unkempt; untidy; frouzy.

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Frowzy 84% connected

Slovenly; unkempt; untidy; frouzy.

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Higgledy-piggledy 84% connected

In confusion; topsy-turvy.

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Higgledy-piggledy 84% connected

In confusion; topsy-turvy.

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Hugger-mugger 84% connected

Privacy; secrecy. Commonly in the phrase in hugger-mugger, with haste and secrecy.

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Hugger-mugger 84% connected

Privacy; secrecy. Commonly in the phrase in hugger-mugger, with haste and secrecy.

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Jumbled 84% connected

of Jumble

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Jumbled 84% connected

of Jumble

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Littered 84% connected

of Litter

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Littered 84% connected

of Litter

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Mussy 84% connected

Disarranged; rumpled.

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Mussy 84% connected

Disarranged; rumpled.

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Rambling 84% connected

of Ramble

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Rambling 84% connected

of Ramble

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Rumpled 84% connected

of Rumple

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Rumpled 84% connected

of Rumple

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Slatternly 84% connected

Resembling a slattern; sluttish; negligent; dirty.

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Slatternly 84% connected

Resembling a slattern; sluttish; negligent; dirty.

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Sloppy 84% connected

Wet, so as to spatter easily; wet, as with something slopped over; muddy; plashy; as, a sloppy place, walk, road.

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Sloppy 84% connected

Wet, so as to spatter easily; wet, as with something slopped over; muddy; plashy; as, a sloppy place, walk, road.

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Slouchy 84% connected

Slouching.

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Slouchy 84% connected

Slouching.

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Slovenly 84% connected

a slovenly manner.

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Slovenly 84% connected

a slovenly manner.

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Sluttish 84% connected

Like a slut; untidy; indecently negligent of cleanliness; disorderly; as, a sluttish woman.

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Sluttish 84% connected

Like a slut; untidy; indecently negligent of cleanliness; disorderly; as, a sluttish woman.

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Sprawling 84% connected

of Sprawl

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Sprawling 84% connected

of Sprawl

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Straggling 84% connected

of Straggle

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Straggling 84% connected

of Straggle

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Topsy-turvy 84% connected

In an inverted posture; with the top or head downward; upside down; as, to turn a carriage topsy-turvy.

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Topsy-turvy 84% connected

In an inverted posture; with the top or head downward; upside down; as, to turn a carriage topsy-turvy.

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Unkempt 84% connected

Not combed; disheveled; as, an urchin with unkempt hair.

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Unkempt 84% connected

Not combed; disheveled; as, an urchin with unkempt hair.

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Dirty 66% connected

Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.

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Dirty 66% connected

Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.

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Unclean 66% connected

Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy.

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Unclean 66% connected

Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy.

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Tidy 94% connected

The wren; -- called also tiddy.

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Tidy 94% connected

The wren; -- called also tiddy.

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