unkempt

adjective/ʌnˈkɛmpt/

Frequency rank: #18,129 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

untidy or poorly groomed in appearance.

Illustration for the English word “unkempt”

Example sentence

His hair looked unkempt after he spent the night sleeping on the couch.

Synonyms & related words

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