Definition of unkempt

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un·kempt    (n-kmpt) KEY  

ADJECTIVE:

1. 1. Not combed: unkempt hair.
   2. Not properly maintained; disorderly or untidy: an unkempt garden. See Synonyms at sloppy.
2. Unpolished; rude.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English unkemd : un-, not ; see un- ¹ + kembed, past participle of kemben, to comb (from Old English cemban; see gembh- in Indo-European roots)

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