unkempt /ˌʌnˈkɛmpt/ adjective3 •uncombed, dishevelled.He was a queer shoot, again, in his unkempt longish hair and slovenly clothes, a sort of very vulgar down-at-heel American in appearance. — 1916 •(figurative) Disorderly; untidy; messy; not kept up. •(figurative) Rough; unpolished. formsmore unkempt · most unkempt