unkempt
(adjective) not properly maintained or cared for; “an unkempt garden”; “native vistas and unkempt rambling paths”; “an ukempt appearance”
unkempt
(adjective) not neatly combed; “wild unkempt hair”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
unkempt (comparative more unkempt, superlative most unkempt)
(of hair) Uncombed; dishevelled.
(by extension) Disorderly; untidy; messy; not kept up.
(figurative) Rough; unpolished
• dishevelled
• slovenly
Source: Wiktionary
Un*kempt", a. Etym: [Pref. un- not + kempt, p. p. of kemb.]
1. Not combed; disheveled; as, an urchin with unkempt hair.
2. Fig.; Not smoothed; unpolished; rough. My rhymes be rugged and unkempt. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
14 June 2025
(noun) a member of a learned society; “he was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
