(definite article.) A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their meaning.
(adv.) By that; by how much; by so much; on that account; -- used before comparatives; as, the longer we continue in sin, the more difficult it is to reform.
Example Sentences:
Untidy
Definition:
(a.) Unseasonable; untimely.
(a.) Not tidy or neat; slovenly.
Example Sentences:
(1) Nomboniso Gasa, an academic who introduced Ramphele to the media at an Agang SA launch event nearly a year ago, expressed disappointment at her U-turn: "I do think Mamphela has been extremely untidy in the way she's dealt with this.
(2) So the second about-turn means Delph may have has questions to answer regarding his thought process throughout an saga that has become untidy.
(3) The three of us agreed it was quiet, non-threatening, not particularly untidy, just a bit rundown – and obviously a very low-income area.
(4) There will be many Lib Dems – not just those close to Nick Clegg – who will be happy at his untidy end, leaving not just the party, but also politics.
(5) That thing of people rolling over and going, "Oh, it looks like I'm making things a bit untidy.
(6) So there's more untidy law waiting to be reformed or reconciled.
(7) Rollings was bright, charming, slightly untidy; he became Foxtons’ fixer, its good cop.
(8) I did once butterfly a leg of lamb while watching a YouTube video of someone demonstrating the procedure, but the result was pretty untidy.
(9) He lacks a bit of control in his frame so it all feels a bit untidy, but a very good start.
(10) Brook took his chance in a tight and at times untidy clash, with the judges handing him the contest 114-114, 117-111, 116-112.
(11) This campaign has unravelled and, while they could justifiably depart here bemoaning the non-award of a second-half penalty and even disputing the validity of Crystal Palace’s opening goal, this was all too frenzied and untidy for comfort.
(12) He told media that he used the word to refer to "untidy" women, not in a derogatory way.
(13) Surgeons should realize that their major involvements in research will lie in the relatively untidy field of clinical science, and it is hoped that this view will continue to influence the activities of the SRS.
(14) Three problems the authors think important in replantation of untidy amputations are discussed based on our 99 replantations with the success rate of 92.6% over a 4-year period.
(15) The momentum should have been theirs after Azpilicueta’s untidy lunge, studs up, into Mile Jedinak, but hope proved horribly short-lived.
(16) In an untidy start Sebastián Coates, perhaps momentarily forgetting he was no longer an Anfield defender, gifted possession to Philippe Coutinho.
(17) The ruling clears the way for the publication of the “black spider” memos, so called because of the prince’s notoriously untidy handwriting.
(18) He will need to get his hands dirty in the untidy and ruthless business that is Indian politics," one said in a cable entitled The son also rises: Rahul Gandhi takes another step towards top job.
(19) Littlewood was born out of wedlock in Stockwell, south London, to a mother who frowned on books, and she wrote later of feeling ugly, untidy and alien.
(20) He also caused controversy in 1999 in Edinburgh when he saw an untidy fuse box during a tour of a factory.