Associations to the word «Unkempt»

Wiktionary

UNKEMPT, adjective. Dishevelled; untidy; dirty; not kept up

Dictionary definition

UNKEMPT, adjective. Not neatly combed; "wild unkempt hair".
UNKEMPT, adjective. Not properly maintained or cared for; "an unkempt garden"; "native vistas and unkempt rambling paths"; "an ukempt appearance".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats