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 Definitions of unkempt  [ʌnˈkɛmpt]  

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Definition of 'unkempt' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) unkempt
not combed:
unkempt hair.

2.  unkempt
uncared-for or neglected; disheveled; messy.

3.  unkempt
unpolished; rough; crude.

Etymology:  (1590–1600; un -1+kempt combed, ME, ptp. of kemben, OE cemban to comb)

Definition of 'unkempt' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) unkempt
not neatly combed
"wild unkempt hair"

2. (adj) unkempt
not properly maintained or cared for
"an unkempt garden"; "native vistas and unkempt rambling paths"; "an ukempt appearance"


Definition of 'unkempt' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) unkempt
not combed; disheveled; as, an urchin with unkempt hair

2. (adj) unkempt
fig.; Not smoothed; unpolished; rough



'unkempt' - Nearby Entries  

unjustified  unjustly  unjustness  unkempt  unkemptness  unkept  unkeyed  



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