unkempt
adjective
[ ʌnˈkɛm(p)t ]
• (especially of a person) having an untidy or dishevelled appearance.
• "they were unwashed and unkempt"
Similar:
untidy,
messy,
scruffy,
disordered,
dishevelled,
disarranged,
rumpled,
windblown,
ungroomed,
bedraggled,
in a mess,
messed up,
shabby,
slovenly,
shaggy,
tousled,
uncombed,
knotted,
matted,
sloppy,
tatty,
the worse for wear,
grotty,
mussed up,
Origin:
late Middle English: from un-1 ‘not’ + kempt ‘combed’ (past participle of archaic kemb, related to comb).
