ill-kempt
[il-kempt]
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Examples from the Web for ill-kempt
Contemporary Examples
The waiting room is ill-kempt, but inside its institutional blue and white walls, there is a surprising sense of tranquility.
Historical Examples
The laager was captured, and with it forty ill-kempt, surly prisoners.
South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6)Louis Creswicke
It was a pitiful figure--ill-kempt ragged, half-starved, haggard-faced.
The Eyes of the WorldHarold Bell Wright
He could now see that his father's clothes were mud-stained and torn, that his long white hair was ill-kempt.
The Isle of UnrestHenry Seton Merriman
An ill-kempt, unwieldy man dressed in the uniform of an officer was seated on a stone bench and scowled as the two appeared.
The Great Airship.F. S. Brereton
If there is one place where the sweetest girl is decidedly plain and ill-kempt it is at the seaside.
Nights in LondonThomas Burke