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Meaning of UNKEMPT

Pronunciation:  un'kempt

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 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  not properly maintained; "an unkempt garden"; "native vistas and unkempt rambling paths"
  2. [adj]  not neat or cared for; slovenly; "his unkempt appearance"
  3. [adj]  not neatly combed; "wild unkempt hair"
 
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 Synonyms: uncombed, ungroomed, untidy
 

 

 

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Unkempt
These seven stories and a novella comprise the debut volume of a young writer who looks at her generation with humor and with a clear eye for the foibles of her characters.

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
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\Un*kempt"\ (?; 215), a. [Pref. un- not + kempt, p. p.
of kemb.]
1. Not combed; disheveled; as, an urchin with unkempt hair.
2. Fig.; Not smoothed; unpolished; rough.
         My rhymes be rugged and unkempt.      --Spenser.
 
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