Definition of unkempt in English:

unkempt

adjective ʌnˈkɛm(p)tˌənˈkɛm(p)t

(especially of a person) having an untidy or dishevelled appearance.
they were unwashed and unkempt
Example sentencesExamples
- If the garden is unkempt, unhealthy or dying, it is considered to be draining the energy.
- I have also had to contact the council regarding the unkempt appearance of the roads in my area.
- He was rather unkempt, so we didn't want to put him in the new family car for his ride home.
- The old colonial building with a wild and unkempt garden around was unlit and silent.
- It was a shabby, straggly, unkempt little regiment, their faces chapped, their noses running in the cold.
- It was a woman, dirty, bedraggled and unkempt, but a woman nonetheless.
- He peers out from under his scruffy, unkempt hair with a slackjawed, apprehensive expression.
- The man allowed him to turn around and looked him up and down, taking in the rumpled clothes and unkempt hair.
- This means that the cemetery has a very untidy, unkempt appearance but this will soon change.
- The whole head is fluffed up and gently back-combed, so that it looks scruffy and unkempt.
- The result certainly gives the Parliament an unkempt, unloved appearance lacking in maintenance.
- Her nose was red, her face streaked and tear-stained, her hair disheveled and unkempt.
- Norman took me into his unkempt, barren back garden to show me the only thing which he could boast of - his four fat white rabbits.
- Sporting an unkempt beard and shaggy crop, he makes Robinson Crusoe look like GQ's Man of the Year.
- She stood in the middle of the devastation, breathing heavily, hair unkempt and gown rumpled and mussed.
- If you can cope with leaving part of your lawn unkempt then your garden will really benefit.
- She raked her fingers through the wild, unkempt gardens of her hair.
- He had on a white shirt and black trousers which were too short and he was unkempt.
- I tackled my wardrobes about a year ago, but like an unkempt ivy, disorder and chaos has returned.
- His hair was almost as disheveled and unkempt as mine, and he was the first baboon in the troop who ever interacted with me.
Synonyms
untidy, messy, scruffy, disordered, dishevelled, disarranged, rumpled, windblown, ungroomed, bedraggled, in a mess, messed up, shabby, slovenly, shaggy
tousled, uncombed, knotted, matted
informal sloppy, tatty, the worse for wear
British informal grotty
North American informal mussed up

Derivatives

unkemptly

adverb

His pale, blond hair stuck out unkemptly, almost looking silvery under the dim light.
Example sentencesExamples
- He had undone his oiled topknot and his graying hair was spread unkemptly upon his long neck.
- Scientific progress such as this is why apocalyptic cranks like myself run around unkemptly with a hand lettered sign warning of the impending end of the world.
- I enjoy his waggish, knockabout journalism, and his unkemptly earnest contributions on the BBC.
- Her brown face was seamed with a hundred wrinkles, and her tangled, grizzled hair fell unkemptly over her shoulders.

unkemptness

noun

Imagine a thin moody moustache is slithering across my upper lip rather than the manly unkemptness that I call my beard.
Example sentencesExamples
- Julian's chronic unkemptness worried Mother a bit; she was always afraid someone would view him before she could clean him up.
- It was all walls of washers and dryers, people looking bored out of their minds, and a general state of dirty unkemptness.
- ‘Joe, Joe,’ he'd crackle, his husky voice matching his mussed hair and general unkemptness.
- His colleagues snicker at the twilight samurai as he leaves, at his shabby dress and general unkemptness as well as his reason for leaving.

Origin

Late Middle English: from un-¹ 'not' + kempt 'combed' (past participle of archaic kemb, related to comb).

People have only combed their hair since around 1400; before that they would have kembed it and their hair would have been kempt. These are forms of the old word kemb, which was eventually replaced by the related word comb, an Old English word which may have the underlying sense of ‘tooth’. The term has survived, though, sometimes in the form kempt but especially in unkempt, which has come to mean ‘untidy or dishevelled’ rather than ‘uncombed’.

Definition of unkempt in US English:

unkempt

adjectiveˌənˈkem(p)tˌənˈkɛm(p)t

(especially of a person) having an untidy or disheveled appearance.
they were unwashed and unkempt
Example sentencesExamples
- I tackled my wardrobes about a year ago, but like an unkempt ivy, disorder and chaos has returned.
- He peers out from under his scruffy, unkempt hair with a slackjawed, apprehensive expression.
- She raked her fingers through the wild, unkempt gardens of her hair.
- His hair was almost as disheveled and unkempt as mine, and he was the first baboon in the troop who ever interacted with me.
- Her nose was red, her face streaked and tear-stained, her hair disheveled and unkempt.
- If the garden is unkempt, unhealthy or dying, it is considered to be draining the energy.
- He was rather unkempt, so we didn't want to put him in the new family car for his ride home.
- The whole head is fluffed up and gently back-combed, so that it looks scruffy and unkempt.
- It was a shabby, straggly, unkempt little regiment, their faces chapped, their noses running in the cold.
- She stood in the middle of the devastation, breathing heavily, hair unkempt and gown rumpled and mussed.
- This means that the cemetery has a very untidy, unkempt appearance but this will soon change.
- He had on a white shirt and black trousers which were too short and he was unkempt.
- I have also had to contact the council regarding the unkempt appearance of the roads in my area.
- The old colonial building with a wild and unkempt garden around was unlit and silent.
- If you can cope with leaving part of your lawn unkempt then your garden will really benefit.
- It was a woman, dirty, bedraggled and unkempt, but a woman nonetheless.
- The man allowed him to turn around and looked him up and down, taking in the rumpled clothes and unkempt hair.
- Sporting an unkempt beard and shaggy crop, he makes Robinson Crusoe look like GQ's Man of the Year.
- Norman took me into his unkempt, barren back garden to show me the only thing which he could boast of - his four fat white rabbits.
- The result certainly gives the Parliament an unkempt, unloved appearance lacking in maintenance.
Synonyms
untidy, messy, scruffy, disordered, dishevelled, disarranged, rumpled, windblown, ungroomed, bedraggled, in a mess, messed up, shabby, slovenly, shaggy

Origin

Late Middle English: from un- ‘not’ + kempt ‘combed’ (past participle of archaic kemb, related to comb).

单词	unkempt
释义	Definition of unkempt in English: unkempt adjective ʌnˈkɛm(p)tˌənˈkɛm(p)t (especially of a person) having an untidy or dishevelled appearance. they were unwashed and unkempt Example sentencesExamples If the garden is unkempt, unhealthy or dying, it is considered to be draining the energy. I have also had to contact the council regarding the unkempt appearance of the roads in my area. He was rather unkempt, so we didn't want to put him in the new family car for his ride home. The old colonial building with a wild and unkempt garden around was unlit and silent. It was a shabby, straggly, unkempt little regiment, their faces chapped, their noses running in the cold. It was a woman, dirty, bedraggled and unkempt, but a woman nonetheless. He peers out from under his scruffy, unkempt hair with a slackjawed, apprehensive expression. The man allowed him to turn around and looked him up and down, taking in the rumpled clothes and unkempt hair. This means that the cemetery has a very untidy, unkempt appearance but this will soon change. The whole head is fluffed up and gently back-combed, so that it looks scruffy and unkempt. The result certainly gives the Parliament an unkempt, unloved appearance lacking in maintenance. Her nose was red, her face streaked and tear-stained, her hair disheveled and unkempt. Norman took me into his unkempt, barren back garden to show me the only thing which he could boast of - his four fat white rabbits. Sporting an unkempt beard and shaggy crop, he makes Robinson Crusoe look like GQ's Man of the Year. She stood in the middle of the devastation, breathing heavily, hair unkempt and gown rumpled and mussed. If you can cope with leaving part of your lawn unkempt then your garden will really benefit. She raked her fingers through the wild, unkempt gardens of her hair. He had on a white shirt and black trousers which were too short and he was unkempt. I tackled my wardrobes about a year ago, but like an unkempt ivy, disorder and chaos has returned. His hair was almost as disheveled and unkempt as mine, and he was the first baboon in the troop who ever interacted with me. Synonyms untidy, messy, scruffy, disordered, dishevelled, disarranged, rumpled, windblown, ungroomed, bedraggled, in a mess, messed up, shabby, slovenly, shaggy tousled, uncombed, knotted, matted informal sloppy, tatty, the worse for wear British informal grotty North American informal mussed up Derivatives unkemptly adverb His pale, blond hair stuck out unkemptly, almost looking silvery under the dim light. Example sentencesExamples He had undone his oiled topknot and his graying hair was spread unkemptly upon his long neck. Scientific progress such as this is why apocalyptic cranks like myself run around unkemptly with a hand lettered sign warning of the impending end of the world. I enjoy his waggish, knockabout journalism, and his unkemptly earnest contributions on the BBC. Her brown face was seamed with a hundred wrinkles, and her tangled, grizzled hair fell unkemptly over her shoulders. unkemptness noun Imagine a thin moody moustache is slithering across my upper lip rather than the manly unkemptness that I call my beard. Example sentencesExamples Julian's chronic unkemptness worried Mother a bit; she was always afraid someone would view him before she could clean him up. It was all walls of washers and dryers, people looking bored out of their minds, and a general state of dirty unkemptness. ‘Joe, Joe,’ he'd crackle, his husky voice matching his mussed hair and general unkemptness. His colleagues snicker at the twilight samurai as he leaves, at his shabby dress and general unkemptness as well as his reason for leaving. Origin Late Middle English: from un-¹ 'not' + kempt 'combed' (past participle of archaic kemb, related to comb). People have only combed their hair since around 1400; before that they would have kembed it and their hair would have been kempt. These are forms of the old word kemb, which was eventually replaced by the related word comb, an Old English word which may have the underlying sense of ‘tooth’. The term has survived, though, sometimes in the form kempt but especially in unkempt, which has come to mean ‘untidy or dishevelled’ rather than ‘uncombed’. Definition of unkempt in US English: unkempt adjectiveˌənˈkem(p)tˌənˈkɛm(p)t (especially of a person) having an untidy or disheveled appearance. they were unwashed and unkempt Example sentencesExamples I tackled my wardrobes about a year ago, but like an unkempt ivy, disorder and chaos has returned. He peers out from under his scruffy, unkempt hair with a slackjawed, apprehensive expression. She raked her fingers through the wild, unkempt gardens of her hair. His hair was almost as disheveled and unkempt as mine, and he was the first baboon in the troop who ever interacted with me. Her nose was red, her face streaked and tear-stained, her hair disheveled and unkempt. If the garden is unkempt, unhealthy or dying, it is considered to be draining the energy. He was rather unkempt, so we didn't want to put him in the new family car for his ride home. The whole head is fluffed up and gently back-combed, so that it looks scruffy and unkempt. It was a shabby, straggly, unkempt little regiment, their faces chapped, their noses running in the cold. She stood in the middle of the devastation, breathing heavily, hair unkempt and gown rumpled and mussed. This means that the cemetery has a very untidy, unkempt appearance but this will soon change. He had on a white shirt and black trousers which were too short and he was unkempt. I have also had to contact the council regarding the unkempt appearance of the roads in my area. The old colonial building with a wild and unkempt garden around was unlit and silent. If you can cope with leaving part of your lawn unkempt then your garden will really benefit. It was a woman, dirty, bedraggled and unkempt, but a woman nonetheless. The man allowed him to turn around and looked him up and down, taking in the rumpled clothes and unkempt hair. Sporting an unkempt beard and shaggy crop, he makes Robinson Crusoe look like GQ's Man of the Year. Norman took me into his unkempt, barren back garden to show me the only thing which he could boast of - his four fat white rabbits. The result certainly gives the Parliament an unkempt, unloved appearance lacking in maintenance. Synonyms untidy, messy, scruffy, disordered, dishevelled, disarranged, rumpled, windblown, ungroomed, bedraggled, in a mess, messed up, shabby, slovenly, shaggy Origin Late Middle English: from un- ‘not’ + kempt ‘combed’ (past participle of archaic kemb, related to comb).
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