ill-kempt

How to use ill-kempt in a sentence

• The waiting room is ill-kempt, but inside its institutional blue and white walls, there is a surprising sense of tranquility.

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• He could now see that his father's clothes were mud-stained and torn, that his long white hair was ill-kempt.

  The Isle of Unrest | Henry Seton Merriman

• An ill-kempt, unwieldy man dressed in the uniform of an officer was seated on a stone bench and scowled as the two appeared.

  The Great Airship. | F. S. Brereton

• I bade farewell to my cell; I thanked my hosts; and I kissed their little urchins, all besmeared and ill-kempt as they were.

  Led Astray and The Sphinx | Octave Feuillet

• It was pale now under the ill-kempt hair, and the set purpose of helpfulness was stamped upon it.

  The Mormon Prophet | Lily Dougall