unkempt
adjective/ˌʌnˈkempt/
/ˌʌnˈkempt/
(formal)- (especially of somebody’s hair or general appearance) not well cared for; not neat or tidy synonym dishevelled
- greasy, unkempt hair
- The children were unwashed and unkempt.
- a wild and unkempt garden
Oxford Collocations DictionaryUnkempt is used with these nouns:- appearance
- beard
- hair
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from un- ‘not’ + kempt ‘combed’ (past participle of archaic kemb, related to comb).
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