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unkempt

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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.

[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).]

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unkemptunkempt - 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"

unkempt
adjective
1. uncombed, tousled, shaggy, ungroomed His hair was unkempt and filthy.
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 hairungekämmt; appearance, garden etcungepflegt, vernachlässigt; person, beardungepflegt
unkempt [ʌnˈkɛmpt] adj (hair) → scarmigliato/a, spettinato/a; (appearance) → trasandato/a
unkempt [ʌnˈkɛmpt] adj (hair) → scarmigliato/a, spettinato/a; (appearance) → trasandato/a


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Through wooded glades he wanders with dancing nymphs who foot it on some sheer cliff's edge, calling upon Pan, the shepherd-god, long- haired, unkempt.
All three were equally new, but numbers one and two were curtained and sedate, with a human, sociable look to them; while number three, with yawning door and unkempt garden, had apparently only just received its furniture and made itself ready for its occupants.
The arena was immense but extremely uneven and unkempt.
 
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