unkempt

🇬🇧 UK/'ʌnkempt/🇺🇸 US

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Definitions

adj.

Untidy and not well cared for; especially of hair, uncombed and dishevelled.

蓬乱的；不整洁的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English

unnot, reversal

+

kemptother

=unkempt

Example Sentences

1.
The unkempt appearance of the building suggested years of neglect.
2.
His unkempt hair and wrinkled clothes gave him a disheveled look.
3.
The unkempt garden needed serious weeding and maintenance.

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