UNKEMPT
(adj.) not properly maintained or cared for
"an unkempt garden", "native vistas and unkempt rambling paths", "an ukempt appearance"
I visted the office in an unkempt fashion. -added by priyavanjeri
(adj.) not neatly combed
"wild unkempt hair"
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Mnemonics for unkempt
(Tag: ) Drop the 'm' from unkempt. It becomes 'UNKEPT'...UN+KEPT, something not kept properly or maintained like hair. or someone who is dowdy, untamed.
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(Tag: cricket) remember JUSTIN KEMP South Afrcian cricket player...whose hair r always untidy......
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(Tag: ) remember kemp fort in bangalore. it was very well maintained. now a mall is being built at that place and they have unkempt it.
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(Tag: Combed) Kempt sound close to combed so unkempt is uncombed, shabby.
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(Tag: ) un+kempt—kempt means neat and tidy, unkempt means the opposite
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