Definitions for messy
ˈmɛs imessy

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. messy, mussyadjective

   dirty and disorderly

   "a mussy fussy bedroom"; "a child's messy eating habits"

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1. messyadjective

   in a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly.

   a messy office

2. messyadjective

   prone to causing mess.

   He is the messiest person I've ever met.

3. messyadjective

   difficult or unpleasant to deal with

   a messy divorce

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1. messy

   Messy pertains to a state or condition of disorder, untidiness, or disarray. It refers to a lack of neatness or order, be it in a physical space like a room, a process, or even abstract things such as an situation or plan. The term can also describe situations or problems that are complicated, difficult to deal with, or full of confusion.

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How to say messy in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of messy in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of messy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of messy in a Sentence

1. Marty Dropkin:

   Markets could get messy amid the fallout from Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse, alongside ongoing uncertainty over the future path of the global economy and interest rates.

2. Cara Lanz of MidwesternHomeLife.com:

   Buffalo Chicken Pinwheels have all the flavors of buffalo chicken wings — spicy sauce, chicken, celery and blue cheese — rolled up into a tortilla. So no messy fingers, the trick to achieving pinwheels that hold their shape and don't fall apart is to wrap the tortilla rolls in plastic wrap and refrigerate them for several hours before slicing.

3. Marianne Nyegaard:

   The new species managed to evade discovery for nearly three centuries by ‘hiding’ in a messy history of sunfish taxonomy, partially because they are so difficult to preserve and study, even for natural history museums, that is why we named it Mola tecta (the Hoodwinker Sunfish), derived from the Latin tectus, meaning disguised or hidden.

4. Lee Buchheit:

   Countries sometimes do become preoccupied with their internal political issues and they don't get around dealing with external debt problem until it becomes messy.

5. Abby Kohut:

   If the inside of your car is messy, they won’t hire you, it gives a bad impression.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=messy
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Messy
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=messy