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adjective
not combed: unkempt hair.
uncared-for or neglected; disheveled; messy: unkempt clothes; an unkempt lawn.
unpolished; rough; crude.
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Origin of unkempt 1590â1600; variant of
unkembed; see
un-1 ,
kempt
OTHER WORDS FROM unkempt un·kempt·ly, adverb un·kempt·ness, noun
Words nearby unkempt unjust ,
unjustifiable ,
unjustified ,
unjustly ,
Unkelos ,
unkempt ,
unkenned ,
unkennel ,
unkind ,
unkindest cut ,
unkindly
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Words related to unkempt bedraggled ,
dilapidated ,
disheveled ,
grubby ,
grungy ,
messy ,
neglected ,
rumpled ,
scruffy ,
shaggy ,
coarse ,
crude ,
dirty ,
disarranged ,
disarrayed ,
disordered ,
messed-up ,
rough ,
slipshod ,
slovenly
How to use unkempt in a sentence Yard debris like dry leaves, branches, and unkempt trees are a fuel for wildfires to spread quickly and ferociously.
As Rob, heâs bearded and unkempt but still radiant, a messy movie Jesus.
If youâre planning an audio-only podcast, then feel free to show up unshowered in your favorite pair of unkempt , soft pants.
More men are asking how they can donate their wild, unkempt hair once they can finally get haircuts, Chimera said.
Half-naked crew members jammed themselves into lifeboats and rowed away ⊠We were close enough to see their unkempt beards and the tattoos on their arms.
Lemkin hung around the proceedings, disheveled and unkempt , but determined.
The typically fresh-faced, photogenic 31-year-old actor is sporting a bushy, unkempt , downright Biblical-looking beard.
Al Pacino comes dressed in black and gray, wearing multiple bracelets and an unkempt tuft of hair poking up from his scalp.
Strands of unkempt white hair wave above his head like an anti-surrender flag.
It was a hot Friday morning and Brad Zaun was juggling a baby in a slightly unkempt living room of suburban Des Moines.
These unkempt -looking Father Times and Methuselahs prowl about the staircases of the different ateliers daily.
George jerked his peaked cap from his head, revealing a tangle of unkempt red hair.
They were resting on their cumbrous belongings, strange groups, unkempt and half dressed.
They were standing now in front of a tall, gloomy house, unkempt , with broken gateâa large but miserable-looking abode.
And at the trail's end the unkempt , ribald crew swarmed their dark and dirty camp as a band of pirates a galleon.
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British Dictionary definitions for unkempt
adjective
(of the hair) uncombed; dishevelled
ungroomed; slovenly unkempt appearance
archaic crude or coarse
Derived forms of unkempt unkemptly , adverb unkemptness , noun Word Origin for unkempt Old English uncembed; from un- 1 + cembed, past participle of cemban to comb ; related to Old Saxon kembian, Old High German kemben to comb
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