Untidy doctor reads diary (10)

I believe the answer is:

disarrayed

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'untidy' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'doctor reads diary' is the wordplay.
'doctor' indicates anagramming the letters.
'reads'+'diary'='readsdiary'
'readsdiary' with letters rearranged gives 'DISARRAYED'.

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(Another definition for disarrayed that I've seen is " Flustered".)

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