Lack of coverage, terribly untidy (6)
I believe the answer is:
nudity
'lack of coverage' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both states of affairs as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'terribly untidy' is the wordplay.
'terribly' indicates an anagram.
'untidy' anagrammed gives 'NUDITY'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nudity that I've seen before include "Bareness" , "State of nature" , "Absence of clothing" , "notable feature of Hair" , "of discarded clothing" .)