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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) Examples of unkempt.
adjective. un· kempt ˌən-ˈkem (p)t. Synonyms of unkempt. 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.
1. tangled, disheveled, etc., as if from not having been combed. 2. not tidy or neat; messy.
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) Examples of unkempt.
Definition of unkempt adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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. 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).]
