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unkempt

adjective
🔊/ˌʌnˈkempt/
🔊/ˌʌnˈkempt/
 (formal)
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  1. (especially of somebody’s hair or general appearance尤指头发或外貌) not well cared for; not neat or tidy不整洁的；凌乱的；不修边幅的 synonym dishevelled
    • greasy, unkempt hair油乎乎乱蓬蓬的头发
    • The children were unwashed and unkempt.孩子们没有洗衣服和蓬乱的衣服。
    • a wild and unkempt garden狂野而蓬乱的花园
    Topics Appearancec2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryUnkempt is used with these nouns:
    • appearance
    • beard
    • hair
    • …
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from un- ‘not’ + kempt ‘combed’ (past participle of archaic kemb, related to comb).