UNKEMPT

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


Etymology

Adjective

unkempt (comparative more unkempt, superlative most unkempt)

(of hair) Uncombed; dishevelled.

(by extension) Disorderly; untidy; messy; not kept up.

(figurative) Rough; unpolished

Synonyms

• 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



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