unkempt

un·kempt

U0089900 (ŭn-kĕmpt′)adj.1. Not combed: unkempt hair.2. Disorderly or untidy in appearance: an unkempt vagabond; an unkempt garden. See Synonyms at sloppy.

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[Middle English unkemd : un-, not; see un-¹ + kembed, past participle of kemben, to comb (from Old English cemban; see gembh- in Indo-European roots).]

unkempt

(ʌnˈkɛmpt) adj1. (of the hair) uncombed; dishevelled2. ungroomed; slovenly: unkempt appearance. 3. archaic crude or coarse[Old English uncembed; from un-¹ + cembed, past participle of cemban to comb; related to Old Saxon kembian, Old High German kemben to comb] unˈkemptly adv unˈkemptness n

un•kempt

(ʌnˈkɛmpt)

adj. 1. not combed: unkempt hair. 2. uncared-for or neglected; disheveled; messy. 3. unpolished; rough; crude. [1590–1600; un-¹ + kempt combed, Middle English, past participle of kemben, Old English cemban to comb]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	unkempt - not neatly combed; "wild unkempt hair"uncombed - (of hair) not combed; "he was unwashed and uncombed with his clothes half buttoned"; "wild unkempt hair"
	2.	unkempt - not properly maintained or cared for; "an unkempt garden"; "native vistas and unkempt rambling paths"; "an ukempt appearance"untidy - not neat and tidy; "careless and untidy in her personal habits"; "an untidy living room"; "untidy and casual about money"

unkempt

adjective1. uncombed, tousled, shaggy, ungroomed His hair was unkempt and filthy.2. untidy, scruffy, dishevelled, disordered, messy, sloppy (informal), shabby, rumpled, bedraggled, slovenly, blowsy, sluttish, slatternly, disarranged, ungroomed, disarrayed, frowzy an unkempt old man
untidy trim, neat, tidy, spruce, presentable, well-groomed, soigné or soignée

unkempt

adjectiveMarked by an absence of cleanliness and order:disheveled, messy, mussy, slipshod, sloppy, slovenly, untidy.

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