adjective · rare

unkempt

un·kempt

unkempt · more unkempt · most unkempt

середній

неопрятный, неряшливый, взъерошенный, растрёпанный

schäbig, ungepflegt, struppig, unaufgeräumt

Uncombed, dishevelledUncombed, dishevelled.

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/ˌʌnˈkɛmpt/

» Tom is unkempt.

Meaning

3 senses

Uncombed, dishevelled.
(broadly, figuratively)Disorderly; untidy; messy; not kept up.
unkempt bedroom
schäbig, struppig, ungepflegt
неря́шливыйnerjášlivyj, неопря́тныйneoprjátnyj, нечёсаныйnečósanyj
(figuratively)Rough; unpolished.

More definitions

not properly maintained or cared for
not neatly combed

Examples

14 sentences

Tom is unkempt.
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Ziri had a long unkempt beard.
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Tom's hair was unkempt and filthy.
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Lorenzo had a long grey unkempt beard.
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Gabriel's nail were long, unkempt and dark.
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

dishevelled; untidy; dirty; not kept up:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

dishevelled; untidy; dirty; not kept up:

Origin

From earlier unkembed, unkemmed, from Middle English unkempt (“uncombed”), equivalent to u

From earlier unkembed, unkemmed, from Middle English unkempt (“uncombed”), equivalent to un- + kempt. Compare Old Norse úkembdr (uncombed; unkempt"; whence Icelandic ókembdur), German ungekämmt (“unkempt”), Dutch ongekamd. More at kemb.

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