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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)
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. hugger-mugger.
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)
adjective. not combed: unkempt hair. uncared-for or neglected; disheveled; messy: unkempt clothes; an unkempt lawn. unpolished; rough; crude. unkempt. / ʌnˈkɛmpt / adjective. (of the hair) uncombed; dishevelled. ungroomed; slovenly. unkempt appearance. archaic. crude or coarse.
If you describe something or someone as unkempt, you mean that they are untidy, and not looked after carefully or kept neat. His hair was unkempt and filthy. ...the unkempt grass.
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 ).]
Definition of unkempt adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
