Unkempt - English meaning

adjective

Dishevelled.

Usage examples:

We got there, tired and bedraggled

adjective

(of a person or a person’s appearance) messy, dirty, and often wet

verb

Make untidy or disordered.

Usage examples:

Had any of the statues been removed or disarranged?

verb

Past simple and past participle of disarrange

adjective

(of a person's hair, clothes, or appearance) untidy; disordered.

Usage examples:

A man with long dishevelled hair

verb

Make (a person's hair or clothes) untidy.

Usage examples:

He ran one hand through his hair, further dishevelling it

adjective

Not neatly arranged; confused and untidy.

Usage examples:

She went to comb her disordered hair

verb

Disrupt the systematic functioning or neat arrangement of.

Usage examples:

They are disordering the political landscape

adjective

Not normal, in a way that is unhealthy

Usage examples:

Disordered thinking/eating, she has been diagnosed as "mentally disordered.", the photograph shows …

adjective

Fastened with or having a knot or knots.

Usage examples:

A knotted rope

verb

Fasten with a knot.

Usage examples:

The scarves were knotted loosely around their throats

adjective

Joined by having been tied together in a knot, or containing a knot or knots

Usage examples:

A knotted rope, a knotted handkerchief

adjective

(especially of hair, wool, or fur) tangled into a thick mass.

Usage examples:

A cardigan of matted grey wool

verb

Tangle (something, especially hair) in a thick mass.

Usage examples:

The fur on its flank was matted with blood

verb

Give a matt appearance to (something).

Usage examples:

Its bright fresh surface was soon matted with dust and insects

adjective

Untidy or dirty.

Usage examples:

His messy hair

adjective

Dirty, unpleasant, or lacking order

Usage examples:

I hate a messy kitchen., he’s got a messy personal life.

adjective

Creased, ruffled, or dishevelled in appearance.

Usage examples:

A rumpled bed

verb

Give a creased, ruffled, or dishevelled appearance to.

Usage examples:

The girl rumpled his thin streaky hair

adjective

Creased (= not smooth) and untidy

Usage examples:

A rumpled suit/sheet/bed, he hadn't brushed his hair and his clothes were rumpled.

adjective

Shabby and untidy or dirty.

Usage examples:

A teenager in scruffy jeans and a baggy t-shirt

adjective

In poor condition through long use or lack of care.

Usage examples:

A conscript in a shabby uniform saluted the car

adjective

Looking old and in bad condition because of wear or lack of care

Usage examples:

The man wore a long, shabby coat., we parked near bobby’s shabby trailer., her salary is $305,000 t…

adjective

(of hair or fur) long, thick, and unkempt.

Usage examples:

The mountain goat has a long, shaggy coat

adjective

Careless and unsystematic; excessively casual.

Usage examples:

We gave away a goal through sloppy defending

adjective

Messy or lacking care or attention

Usage examples:

Sloppy clothes, a sloppy administrator, sloppy weather, her grandchildren nearly smothered her with…

adjective

Very wet or liquid, often in a way that is unpleasant

Usage examples:

The batter was a bit sloppy so i added some more flour., she covered his face with sloppy kisses.

adjective

(especially of a person or their appearance) untidy and dirty.

Usage examples:

A fat, slovenly ex-rock star

adjective

Messy, dirty, or not careful

Usage examples:

Slovenly work, a slovenly housekeeper

adjective

Worn and shabby; in poor condition.

Usage examples:

Tatty upholstered furniture

adjective

Old and in bad condition

Usage examples:

Tatty old jeans

adjective

(of hair) untidy.

Usage examples:

She wore her hair in tousled curls

verb

Make (a person's hair) untidy.

Usage examples:

I tousled his wispy silver hair

adjective

(esp. of hair) looking messy

Usage examples:

She ran her fingers through her tousled hair.

adjective

(of a person's hair) not combed.

Usage examples:

His hair was matted and uncombed

adjective

Not neat and tidy in appearance.

Usage examples:

The pm's wife feared appearing ungroomed so much thereafter that she felt compelled to fly a top ha…

adjective

Not arranged neatly and in order.

Usage examples:

The place was dreadfully untidy

adjective

Carried or driven by the wind.

Usage examples:

Windblown sand

adjective

Carried by the wind

Usage examples:

They say that windblown pollen from the genetically modified trees could affect other nearby forest…