unkempt

un·kempt  (n-kmpt)

adj.

1.

a. Not combed: unkempt hair.

b. Not properly maintained; disorderly or untidy: an unkempt garden. See Synonyms at sloppy.

2. Unpolished; rude.

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[Middle English unkemd : un-, not; see un-¹ + kembed, past participle of kemben, to comb (from Old English cemban; see gembh- in Indo-European roots).]

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unkempt [ʌnˈkɛmpt]

adj

1. (of the hair) uncombed; dishevelled

2. ungroomed; slovenly unkempt appearance

3. Archaic crude or coarse

[Old English uncembed; from un-¹ + cembed, past participle of cemban to comb; related to Old Saxon kembian, Old High German kemben to comb]

unkemptly  adv

unkemptness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	unkempt - not neatly combed; "wild unkempt hair" uncombed - (of hair) not combed; "he was unwashed and uncombed with his clothes half buttoned"; "wild unkempt hair"
	2.	unkempt - not properly maintained or cared for; "an unkempt garden"; "native vistas and unkempt rambling paths"; "an ukempt appearance" untidy - not neat and tidy; "careless and untidy in her personal habits"; "an untidy living room"; "untidy and casual about money"

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unkempt

adjective

1. uncombed, tousled, shaggy, ungroomed His hair was unkempt and filthy.

2. untidy, scruffy, dishevelled, disordered, messy, sloppy (informal), shabby, rumpled, bedraggled, slovenly, blowsy, sluttish, slatternly, disarranged, ungroomed, disarrayed, frowzy an unkempt old man
untidy trim, neat, tidy, spruce, presentable, well-groomed, soigné or soignée

Translations

unkempt [ˈʌnˈkempt] ADJ [clothes, appearance] → descuidado, desaliñado; [hair] → despeinado, descuidado; [beard, garden, park] → descuidado

unkempt [ˌʌnˈkɛmpt] adj

[person] → débraillé(e); [appearance] → négligé(e); [hair] → mal peigné(e)

[grass] → mal entretenu(e)

unkempt

adj hair → ungekämmt; appearance, garden etc → ungepflegt, vernachlässigt; person, beard → ungepflegt

unkempt [ʌnˈkɛmpt] adj (hair) → scarmigliato/a, spettinato/a; (appearance) → trasandato/a