mussiness

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  1. messiness
  2. sloppiness
  3. untidiness
  4. impurity
  5. squalor
Noun
  • Leave some messiness in your garden and leave the leaves, as decaying leaves are great habitat for fireflies.
    — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 5 July 2026
  • Either way, Angela’s slip is definitely showing in terms of behind-the-scenes messiness (seriously, enough is enough with the cheating stories!
    — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 29 June 2026
Definition of messiness
Noun
  • Mexico punished the Czech Republic’s sloppiness with aplomb after weathering their opponents’ good start, scoring all three goals in the second half.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • Despite the sloppiness, Rafaela was awarded an RBI single.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 8 May 2026
Definition of sloppiness
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  • These conspicuous little signs of untidiness take mere seconds to clean up and can be the secret to a home that somehow always looks pristine, even if just at first glance.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Bills are being paid late, the practice is a frightening level of untidiness, there’s a miniature horse in the study, and Siegfried is passed out on the sofa with some loose woman under a trench coat beside him.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026
Definition of untidiness
Noun
  • The surface conductivity of insulators is very strong and cannot be disrupted by impurities or physical defects.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 30 June 2026
  • Once dense and lumpy, the balm is now a silky and lush oil that melts away impurities while leaving my skin hydrated.
    — Gina Vaynshteyn, StyleCaster, 30 June 2026
Definition of impurity
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  • The children reportedly lived in squalor and weren’t enrolled in school.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 27 June 2026
  • Reform and Restore are no doubt relying on support from pockets of deprivation, squalor and neglect in Makerfield.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC news, 18 June 2026
Definition of squalor
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