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unkempt
[ uhn-kempt ]
adjective
- not combed:
unkempt hair.
- uncared-for or neglected; disheveled; messy:
unkempt clothes; an unkempt lawn.
- unpolished; rough; crude.
unkempt
/ ʌnˈkɛmpt /
adjective
- (of the hair) uncombed; dishevelled
- ungroomed; slovenly
unkempt appearance
- archaic.crude or coarse
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Derived Forms
- unˈkemptness, noun
- unˈkemptly, adverb
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Other Words From
- un·kemptly adverb
- un·kemptness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of unkempt1
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Example Sentences
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 gate—a 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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