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unkemptness

/uhn-kempt/US // ʌnˈkɛmpt //UK // (ʌnˈkɛmpt) //

蓬头垢面,不修边幅,蓬乱,乱七八糟的东西

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not combed: unkempt hair.
    • : uncared-for or neglected; disheveled; messy: unkempt clothes; an unkempt lawn.
    • : unpolished; rough; crude.

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Examples

  • Yard debris like dry leaves, branches, and unkempt trees are a fuel for wildfires to spread quickly and ferociously.

  • As Rob, he’s bearded and unkempt but still radiant, a messy movie Jesus.

  • If you’re planning an audio-only podcast, then feel free to show up unshowered in your favorite pair of unkempt, soft pants.

  • More men are asking how they can donate their wild, unkempt hair once they can finally get haircuts, Chimera said.

  • Half-naked crew members jammed themselves into lifeboats and rowed away … We were close enough to see their unkempt beards and the tattoos on their arms.

  • Lemkin hung around the proceedings, disheveled and unkempt, but determined.

  • The typically fresh-faced, photogenic 31-year-old actor is sporting a bushy, unkempt, downright Biblical-looking beard.

  • Al Pacino comes dressed in black and gray, wearing multiple bracelets and an unkempt tuft of hair poking up from his scalp.

  • Strands of unkempt white hair wave above his head like an anti-surrender flag.

  • It was a hot Friday morning and Brad Zaun was juggling a baby in a slightly unkempt living room of suburban Des Moines.

  • These unkempt-looking Father Times and Methuselahs prowl about the staircases of the different ateliers daily.

  • George jerked his peaked cap from his head, revealing a tangle of unkempt red hair.

  • They were resting on their cumbrous belongings, strange groups, unkempt and half dressed.

  • They were standing now in front of a tall, gloomy house, unkempt, with broken gate—a large but miserable-looking abode.

  • And at the trail's end the unkempt, ribald crew swarmed their dark and dirty camp as a band of pirates a galleon.