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Definition of Messiness
1. Noun. A state of confusion and disorderliness. "She smoothed the mussiness of the bed"
Generic synonyms: Disorder, Disorderliness
Derivative terms: Mess, Messy, Messy, Muss, Mussy, Mussy
2. Noun. The trait of being untidy and messy.
Generic synonyms: Uncleanliness
Specialized synonyms: Disarray, Disorderliness
Derivative terms: Messy, Untidy
Antonyms: Tidiness
Definition of Messiness
1. Noun. The property of being messy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Messiness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Messiness
Literary usage of Messiness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Your Child from One to Six by Richard H. Granger, M.D. (1995)
"If parents find that the children's messiness interferes with their own ...
This may increase the messiness for a time, but children encouraged in this way ..."
2. There's Room for Me Here: Literacy Workshop in the Middle School by Janet Allen, Kyle Gonzalez (1998)
"This structure (and it does take organization to have so many things going on at
once) allows for some of the messiness that comes with real learning. ..."
3. Back of the Front in France: Letters from Amy Owen Bradley, Motor Driver of by Amy Owen Bradley (1918)
"Then followed a dissertation on the general "messiness" of France, putting their
barns and their houses "plumb together" so you didn't know which was which. ..."
4. The Long Game: How Regulators and Companies Can Both Win by Paul Skidmore, Jake Chapman, Paul Miller (2003)
"At the heart of this confusion lies the growing ‘messiness' of regulatory problems,
a messiness rooted in the underlying complexity of the social and ..."
5. Instigations of Ezra Pound: Together with an Essay on the Chinese Written by Ezra Pound, Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (1920)
"We may admit that there is a greater robustezza in Balzac's messiness, simply
because he is perpetually concerned, inaccurately, with the factor of money, ..."
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