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Definitions for Unkempt

[1] not combed: unkempt hair.
[2] uncared-for or neglected; disheveled; messy: unkempt clothes; an unkempt lawn.
[3] unpolished; rough; crude.
[4] (of the hair) uncombed; dishevelled
[5] ungroomed; slovenly unkempt appearance
[6] archaic crude or coarse

Words related to Unkempt

shaggy, scruffy, dilapidated, neglected, grungy, grubby, disheveled, messy, bedraggled, coarse, crude, dirty, disordered, rough, slipshod, slovenly, tousled, unclean, unimproved, unpolished

Words nearby Unkempt

unjoint, unjust, unjustifiable, unjustified, unkelos, unkempt, unkenned, unkennel, unkind, unkindest cut, unkindly

Origin of Unkempt

1590–1600; variant of unkembed; see un-1, kempt

Other words from Unkempt

un·kempt·ly , adverb
un·kempt·ness , noun

Word origin for Unkempt

Old English uncembed; from un- 1 + cembed, past participle of cemban to comb ; related to Old Saxon kembian, Old High German kemben to comb

Synonyms for Unkempt

bedraggled, dilapidated, disheveled, grubby, grungy, messy, neglected, rumpled, scruffy, shaggy, coarse, crude, dirty, disarranged, disarrayed, disordered, messed up, mussed up, rough, slipshod, slovenly, tousled, unclean, uncombed, unfastidious, ungroomed, unimproved, unneat, unpolished, untidy, vulgar