unkempt

Meaning

  1. Uncombed; dishevelled.
  2. Disorderly; untidy; messy; not kept up.
  3. Rough; unpolished

Hyphenated as
un‧kempt
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌʌnˈkɛmpt/
Etymology

In summary

From earlier unkembed, unkemmed, from Middle English unkempt (“uncombed”), equivalent to un- + kempt. Compare Old Norse úkembdr (uncombed; unkempt"; > Icelandic ókembdur), German ungekämmt (“unkempt”), Dutch ongekamd. More at kemb.

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