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adj. Not combed: unkempt hair.

adj. Not properly maintained; disorderly or untidy: an unkempt garden. See Synonyms at sloppy.

adj. Unpolished; rude.

adj. dishevelled; untidy; dirty; not kept up

adj. Not combed; disheveled.

adj. Fig.; Not smoothed; unpolished; rough.

Uncombed; disheveled: as, unkempt hair; hence, disorderly, Figuratively, rough; unpolished.

adj. not properly maintained or cared for

adj. not neatly combed

"I had never used the word unkempt and from his bizarre behavior, one would think I had suggested his unruly mop looked like the Uni-bomber."

untidy    uncombed   

disheveled    slovenly   

disheveled    fig    unpolished    rough    disordered    disarranged    shaggy    dishevelled    slovenly   

attempt    contempt    exempt    tempt   

disheveled    unshaven    untidy    shaggy    unwashed    grizzle    haggard    curly    bushy    sweaty