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# unkempt

«unkempt» in Mova's school dictionary: **messy or untidy, not neatly cared for, especially of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (unkempt)

### meaning for a pupil

Unkempt means messy or untidy, not neatly cared for, especially of hair, beards or clothes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unkempt/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a wild stranger or a hermit has long, unkempt hair and beard

### examples

- His hair was unkempt after the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unkempt/#x1)
- The old man had an unkempt beard down to his belt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unkempt/#x2)
- The garden looked unkempt and overgrown. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unkempt/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unkempt» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unkempt/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.