Antonyms of adj unfastidious

2 senses of unfastidious

Sense 1
unfastidious (vs. fastidious) -- (not exacting in nutritional requirements)

fastidious (vs. unfastidious), exacting -- (having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures; "fastidious microorganisms"; "certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements")

Sense 2
unfastidious (vs. fastidious) -- (marked by an absence of due or proper care or attention to detail; not concerned with cleanliness; "unfastidious in her dress")

fastidious (vs. unfastidious) -- (giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness")
        => choosy, choosey -- (difficult to please)
        => dainty, nice, overnice, prissy, squeamish -- (excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow")
        => finical, finicky, fussy, particular, picky -- (exacting especially about details; "a finicky eater"; "fussy about clothes"; "very particular about how her food was prepared")
        => meticulous -- (marked by extreme care in treatment of details; "a meticulous craftsman"; "almost worryingly meticulous in his business formalities")
        => pernickety, persnickety -- (characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details; "a persnickety job"; "a persnickety school teacher")
        => old-maidish, old-womanish -- (primly fastidious)

Similarity of adj unfastidious

2 senses of unfastidious

Sense 1
unfastidious (vs. fastidious) -- (not exacting in nutritional requirements)

Sense 2
unfastidious (vs. fastidious) -- (marked by an absence of due or proper care or attention to detail; not concerned with cleanliness; "unfastidious in her dress")
          Also See-> unrefined#2; untidy#1

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