unkempt Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite not neatly combed
    • wild unkempt hair
  2. adjective satellite not properly maintained or cared for
    • an unkempt garden
    • native vistas and unkempt rambling paths
    • an ukempt appearance

WordNet

Un*kempt" adjective
Etymology
Pref. un- not + kempt, p. p. of kemb.
Definitions
  1. Not combed; disheveled; as, an urchin with unkempt hair.
  2. Fig.; Not smoothed; unpolished; rough.
    My rhymes be rugged and unkempt. Spenser.

Webster 1913