unkempt

Example Sentences

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We checked into our hotel during the wee hours of the morning, all of us tired, slightly unkempt and desperately in need of a warm shower.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

The poet appealed to Hallam’s imaginative depths, and Hallam brought the unkempt and solitary Tennyson into the world of the elite and affluent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

It’s easy to imagine Hollywood one day making an apocalyptic film that features the abandoned landscape with only these museum relics still standing — and “Split-Rocker” erupting in explosive, unkempt flowers.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025

The house appeared unkempt and had signs of disrepair.

From BBC • Jul. 26, 2025

She really was a pretty child, but it was hard to see it—not so much because she was unkempt, but because of the queer, cold lack in her eyes.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor