unkempt

/ˌʌnˈkɛmpt/

adj 3

Collocations

ADJ.

dark, filthy, grey, kind, long, longish, scorched, wild

VERB + UNKEMPT

cycles, lean-faced, looked, nail

UNKEMPT + NOUN

beard, characters, girl, hair

PREP.

after, along, down, in, in, on

ADV.

again, always, completely, jokingly, straggly

Definitions

adj

Of hair, uncombed, dishevelled.

He was a queer shoot, again, in his unkempt longish hair and slovenly clothes, a sort of very vulgar down-at-heel American in appearance.

Men on cycles, lean-faced, unkempt, scorched along every country lane, shouting of unhoped deliverance, shouting to gaunt, staring figures of despair.

Disorderly; untidy; messy; not kept up.

unkempt bedroom

And his egotism and conceit were not to be borne; and then he was both tawdry and dirty in his person; more greasily, mattedly unkempt than even a really successful pianist has any right to be, even in the best society.

Rough; unpolished.

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Example Bank

He was a queer shoot, again, in his unkempt longish hair and slovenly clothes, a sort of very vulgar down-at-heel American in appearance.

Wiktionary

Men on cycles, lean-faced, unkempt, scorched along every country lane, shouting of unhoped deliverance, shouting to gaunt, staring figures of despair.

Wiktionary

Now, upon his whole person, from the crown of his unkempt head down to his broken, dusty boots, there yet clung that air of jaunty, devil-may-care rakishness.

Wiktionary

I hope nobody minds my being straggly and unkempt at five in the morning.

Tatoeba · #1032015

Her hair was unkempt.

Tatoeba · #1992003

Tom is unkempt.

Tatoeba · #2190632

Usage Notes

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In some senses, unkempt is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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