unkempt
[ uhn-kempt ]
/ ʌnˈkɛmpt /
adjective
not combed: unkempt hair.
uncared-for or neglected; disheveled; messy: unkempt clothes; an unkempt lawn.
unpolished; rough; crude.
OTHER WORDS FROM unkempt
un·kempt·ly, adverb un·kempt·ness, nounWords nearby unkempt
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British Dictionary definitions for unkempt
unkempt
/ (ʌnˈkɛmpt) /
adjective
(of the hair) uncombed; dishevelled
ungroomed; slovenly
unkempt appearance
archaic
crude or coarse
Derived forms of unkempt
unkemptly, adverb unkemptness, nounWord Origin for unkempt
Old English
uncembed; from
un-
1 +
cembed, past participle of
cemban to
comb; related to Old Saxon
kembian, Old High German
kemben to comb