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- Dictionaryunkempt/ʌnˈkɛm(p)t/
adjective
- 1. (especially of a person) having an untidy or dishevelled appearance: "they were unwashed and unkempt"
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adjective. us / ʌnˈkempt / Add to word list. not neat or cared for; messy: He needed a shave and his hair was unkempt. (Definition of unkempt from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
1. : not combed. unkempt hair. 2. : deficient in order or neatness. unkempt individuals. unkempt hotel rooms. also : rough, unpolished. unkempt prose. Synonyms. chaotic. cluttered. confused. disarranged. disarrayed. disheveled. dishevelled. disordered. disorderly. higgledy-piggledy. hugger-mugger.
not neat or cared for; messy: He needed a shave and his hair was unkempt. (Definition of unkempt from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Unkempt literally means "not combed," but use it to describe anything with a sloppy appearance. Your hair probably looks unkempt when you roll out of bed in the morning. Keep it that way if you're going for the rock star look.
1. (of the hair) uncombed; dishevelled. 2. ungroomed; slovenly. unkempt appearance. 3. archaic. crude or coarse. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Derived forms. unkemptly (unˈkemptly) adverb. unkemptness (unˈkemptness) noun. Word origin.
adjective. not combed: unkempt hair. uncared-for or neglected; disheveled; messy: unkempt clothes; an unkempt lawn. unpolished; rough; crude. unkempt. / ʌnˈkɛmpt / adjective. (of the hair) uncombed; dishevelled. ungroomed; slovenly. unkempt appearance. archaic. crude or coarse. Discover More. Derived Forms. unˈkemptness, noun. unˈkemptly, adverb.
1. Not combed: unkempt hair. 2. Disorderly or untidy in appearance: an unkempt vagabond; an unkempt garden. See Synonyms at sloppy. [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 ).]
