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unkempt

/ˌʌnˈkempt/adjective

उच्चारण अन्केम्प्ट

अस्त-व्यस्त, बिखरा हुआ, गंदा

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adjective
  1. 1

    (especially of somebody's hair or general appearance) not well cared for; not neat or tidy

    अस्त-व्यस्त, बिखरा हुआ, गंदा

    • unkempt hair
    • an unkempt garden
    • The beggar looked tired and unkempt, with long untidy hair.
    + 2 more examples
    • His room was unkempt, with clothes thrown all over the floor.
    • The old house stood behind an unkempt hedge.

    Synonyms untidy messy dishevelled scruffy tousled

    Opposite neat tidy well-groomed spruce

≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

untidy messy dishevelled scruffy tousled

Antonyms

neat tidy well-groomed spruce

AaSpelling

un·kempt

?Which word?

Keep the untidy-appearance words together: unkempt (not cared for, of hair or a garden), dishevelled (untidy, of hair or clothes), scruffy (dirty and untidy), tousled (untidy hair), slovenly (careless and untidy).

बिखरे रूप के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: unkempt (देखभाल रहित, बालों या बगीचे के लिए), dishevelled (अस्त-व्यस्त, बाल या कपड़े), scruffy (गंदा और अस्त-व्यस्त), tousled (बिखरे बाल), slovenly (लापरवाह और गंदा)।

§Grammar and usage

The opposites: well-groomed, spruce, dapper (neat and smart, of men).

विपरीत: well-groomed, spruce, dapper (साफ़-सुथरा और आकर्षक, पुरुषों के लिए)।