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

Japan's government has admitted an official photo of its new cabinet was manipulated to make members look less unkempt after online speculation that it had been edited.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2024

That same call may be shaping the resurgence of beards in the United States after a long phase in which they were seen as unkempt and unprofessional.

From Salon • Sep. 3, 2024

A scraggly, unkempt beard obscured the bottom half of his face.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack