unkempt
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Unkempt beards call for unkempt hair to match.
From Slate • Jan. 31, 2024
Unkempt in pajamas—he has stumbled into the studio after walking all night in the rain—he gets down on his knees and holds his trembling hands to the sky.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 10, 2018
Unkempt hair, dressing gown and slippers, living alone, rarely leaving the house?
From The Guardian • Apr. 16, 2018
Anyone with a passion for hanging labels on people or things should have little difficulty in recognizing that an apt tag for our time is the Unkempt generation.
From Time Magazine Archive
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He said, “I’m busy greeting my friends,” and he nodded to Discourtesy and Ugliness and Unfilial Conduct and Unkempt Fingernails.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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