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• unkempt — unkemptly, adv. unkemptness, n. /un kempt /, adj. 1. not combed: unkempt hair. 2. uncared for or neglected; disheveled; messy: unkempt clothes; an unkempt lawn. 3. unpolished; rough; crude. [1590 1600; var. of unkembed; see UN 1, KEMPT] * * * …   Universalium

• unkempt — 1570s, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + kempt well combed, neat, from variant pp. of O.E. cemban to comb, from P.Gmc. *kambijan, from *kamb comb (see COMB (Cf. comb)). Form unkembed is recorded from late 14c. The verb kemb …   Etymology dictionary

• unkempt — /ʌnˈkɛmpt / (say un kempt) adjective 1. not combed, as the hair. 2. having the hair not combed or cared for. 3. in an uncared for, neglected, or untidy state. 4. crude, coarse, or unpolished, as persons. {variant of unkembed, from un 2 + kembed,… …  

• 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 …   Useful english dictionary

• 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… …   Useful english dictionary