un|kempt´ness

un|kempt´ness
un|kempt «uhn KEHMPT», adjective.
1. not combed; matted or disheveled: »

unkempt hair.

2. not properly cared for; neglected; untidy: »

the unkempt clothes of a tramp.

[Middle English unkembed < un- un-1 + kempt, kembed, Old English cembed combed, past participle of cemban to comb]
un|kempt´ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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