adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an unkempt beard
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Hoskins beard was tangled and unkempt .
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She used to dress so neatly, but now her hair and clothes had become unkempt and dirty.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An unkempt coat will provide a refuge for parasites, and if soiled with faecal matter is likely to attract flies.
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Did her unkempt condition preclude making a quest out of her?
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Every last bit of unkempt hedge in our front garden was taking the same attitude it had always taken.
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In the open doorway stood an unkempt though not unattractive young man who was dark of hair and eye.
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Now some of them look unkempt , neglected, despite the fine new houses and gardens which are springing up.
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Willie closed it carefully behind them and they walked into a wild and unkempt garden.
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With his unkempt ginger hair running down into sideboards it made his hard face look even meaner.