Unkempt
[ʌn'kem(p)t] or [,ʌn'kɛmpt]
Definition
(adj.) not properly maintained or cared for; 'an unkempt garden'; 'native vistas and unkempt rambling paths'; 'an ukempt appearance' .
(adj.) not neatly combed; 'wild unkempt hair' .
Typist: Norton--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Not combed; disheveled; as, an urchin with unkempt hair.
(a.) Fig.; Not smoothed; unpolished; rough.
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Definition
adj. uncombed: unpolished rough.
Edited by Gillian
Examples
- She was a queer unkempt figure, in spite of the attempts that had obviously been made to bring her into line for the day. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Collar and shirt bore the grime of a long journey, and the hair bristled unkempt from the well-shaped head. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- What wild-looking, unkempt, half-naked savage was that before me? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- There was a movement and an exclamation from my right, and peering through the gloom, I saw Whitney, pale, haggard, and unkempt, staring out at me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The arena was immense but extremely uneven and unkempt. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- There were two rough-haired, unkempt horses in the tumble-down stable. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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