Pronunciation: | | un'kempt
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- [adj] not properly maintained; "an unkempt garden"; "native vistas and unkempt rambling paths"
- [adj] not neat or cared for; slovenly; "his unkempt appearance"
- [adj] not neatly combed; "wild unkempt hair"
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| Synonyms: | | uncombed, ungroomed, untidy |
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| Definition: | | 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. more details ... |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \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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