unkept

American  

[uhn-kept] / ʌnˈkɛpt /

adjective

1. not taken care of or maintained.

2. not observed or obeyed (as of a rule, promise, agreement, etc.).

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Example Sentences

The PBS series “Great Performances” fulfills an early, generally unkept, promise of the medium to bring the arts into every home, with opera, ballet and theater.

From Los Angeles Times

“We have watched it go unmaintained and unkept. We purchased the property because it is within feet of ours. And it is not a historic cultural monument,” she said at the time.

From Los Angeles Times

The imagery tells the story of a rigged game while Lamar’s lyrics confront the violence visited on, and America’s unkept promises to, the Black folks who built this country.

From Salon

The six-week U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 exploded in southwestern Minnesota after decades of tensions between settlers and Dakota people and unkept treaty promises by government officials, according to the society.

From Seattle Times

“We have watched it go unmaintained and unkept. We purchased the property because it is within feet of ours. And it is not a historic cultural monument.”

From Los Angeles Times