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What is the noun for messiness?

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mess
  1. (obsolete) Mass; a church service.
  2. (archaic) A quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of food for a person or party for one meal; also, the food given to an animal at one time.
  3. A number of persons who eat together, and for whom food is prepared in common, especially military personnel who eat at the same table.
  4. A set of four (from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner).
  5. (US) The milk given by a cow at one milking.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “The house was in a mess after the guests had left.”
      “The doors opened on Black Friday and it was a total mess with shoppers literally falling over each other.”
      “Well, that's another fine mess you've gotten me into.”
mess
  1. A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding; a disorder.
  2. (colloquial) A large quantity or number.
  3. (euphemistic) Excrement.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “The house was in a mess after the guests had left.”
      “The doors opened on Black Friday and it was a total mess with shoppers literally falling over each other.”
      “Well, that's another fine mess you've gotten me into.”
messiness
  1. The property of being messy.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The messiness of the room was evident, with clothes strewn everywhere and papers scattered across the floor.”
      “The messiness between the two ex-lovers became evident when they started hurling insults and belittling each other in front of everyone at the party.”
      “However, don't expect a cathartic payoff, because there is little emotional messiness in this largely intellectual exercise.”
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