Synonyms for messiness
messi·ness

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1. mess, messiness, muss, mussinessnoun

   a state of confusion and disorderliness

   "the house was a mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed"

   Synonyms:
   tidy sum, peck, mint, plenty, batch, raft, quite a little, passel, hole, fix, jam, spate, muckle, pile, lot, good deal, stack, mountain, deal, pickle, untidiness, kettle of fish, muss, wad, flock, hatful, mickle, slew, heap, mess, mess hall, sight, mass, mussiness, great deal, muddle, pot

2. untidiness, messinessnoun

   the trait of being untidy and messy

   Synonyms:
   untidiness, mess, muss, mussiness

Matched Categories

1. • Disorderliness
   • Uncleanliness

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How to use messiness in a sentence?

1. Theodore Roszak:

   To bemoan the messiness of politics is not just a folly it betrays a dangerous impatience with basic realities. It is like becoming disturbed that people do not fall in love sensibly -- and so deciding to computerize the problem.

2. Andrew Cooper:

   But what it means is there's a huge amount of messiness, a tilting toward informality (so) the legitimacy of present leaders is somewhat undercut.

3. Donald Fennoy:

   There was something shifting that forced us to deal with politics way more than we ever did before. Democracy is messy, i think Covid brought out the hyper messiness.