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Discover LudwigThe phrase "less tidy than" is correct and usable in written English
You can use this phrase to compare two things or people in terms of tidiness. For example: "My room was less tidy than my brother's."
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Still, the philosophical story is actually far less tidy than it appears.
It's a useful reminder that the reality of building houses — and countries — can be a lot less tidy than the stories we tell afterward.
Soldiers speak of "the fog of war" — the disorienting confusion of battle so infinitely less tidy than the arrows and rectangles on the maps of briefers and historians.
It's pointless to suggest that women's deepest notions of the division between sex and procreation are not far less tidy than men's.
The City Opera Orchestra under George Manahan's lead sounded less tidy than usual in Acts I and II, but most of the kinks were worked out in time for the finale.
At that moment, he was thinking it was less tidy than the boys' room at another school.... "Best Bathroom in a School," Mr. Brown's first published article, is one of 133 "best" picks written by eighth graders in four of Erick Gordon's classes at the Lab School in Chelsea.
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But her private life was less tidy.
Modern women have less tidy careers.
Pristine ideals are turning into less tidy realities.The Egyptian example is instructive.
The rest unfolded in less tidy fashion.
He was involved in a less tidy play in the next inning.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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