unkempt

Definitions


[ʌnˈkɛm(p)t], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (especially of a person) having an untidy or dishevelled appearance
(e.g: they were unwashed and unkempt)


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




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