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Thesaurus: unkempt

Not combed; disheveled; as, an urchin with unkempt hair.

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  1. a. Not combed; disheveled; as, an urchin with unkempt hair.
  2. a. Fig.; Not smoothed; unpolished; rough.
  3. adj. not neatly combed
  4. adj. not properly maintained or cared for
  5. 1. Not combed; disheveled; as, an urchin with unkempt hair. 2. Fig.; Not smoothed; unpolished; rough. My rhymes be rugged and unkempt. Spenser.
  6. j:100 s. not neatly combed s. not properly maintained or cared for