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UNKEMPT

\ʌnkˈɛmpt], \ʌnkˈɛmpt], \ʌ_n_k_ˈɛ_m_p_t]\

Definitions of UNKEMPT

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.

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not properly maintained; "an unkempt garden"; "native vistas and unkempt rambling paths"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

not properly maintained; "an unkempt garden"; "native vistas and unkempt rambling paths"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Not combed; disheveled; as, an urchin with unkempt hair.
Fig.; Not smoothed; unpolished; rough.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Not combed; disheveled; as, an urchin with unkempt hair.
Fig.; Not smoothed; unpolished; rough.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Not combed; hence, rough.
Unkemptness.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Uncombed: unpolished.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

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