messy

/ˈmɛsi/
adjective
  1. Untidy or dirty; not clean or organized.
    • The kitchen gets messy every time we bake cookies.
    • After the art project, the table was covered in messy paint splatters.
    • Her room was so messy that she couldn't find her shoes.
  2. Complicated, difficult, or unpleasant to deal with.
    • The divorce was a messy legal battle that lasted two years.
    • Politics can be a messy business with lots of compromises.
    • Ending a friendship is often messy and painful.
  3. Careless or sloppy in appearance or work.
    • The report was full of messy errors and missing data.
    • His messy handwriting was hard to read.
    • She gave a messy presentation with no clear structure.
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