ill-kempt
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How to use ill-kempt in a sentence
The waiting room is ill-kempt, but inside its institutional blue and white walls, there is a surprising sense of tranquility.
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 Unrest | Henry Seton MerrimanAn 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. BreretonI bade farewell to my cell; I thanked my hosts; and I kissed their little urchins, all besmeared and ill-kempt as they were.
Led Astray and The Sphinx | Octave FeuilletIt was pale now under the ill-kempt hair, and the set purpose of helpfulness was stamped upon it.
The Mormon Prophet | Lily Dougall
A sudden shame of his disordered, ill-kempt appearance made him perhaps the more defiant.
Captain Blood | Rafael Sabatini
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