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# {{lb|en|of hair}} [[uncombed|Uncombed]]; [[dishevelled]].
#* {{quote-book|1=en|year=1898|author=H.G. Wells|authorlink=H.G. Wells|title={{w|The War of the Worlds}}|publisher=William Heinemann|location=London|page=289|passage=Men on cycles, lean-faced, '''unkempt''', scorched along every country lane, shouting of unhoped deliverance, shouting to gaunt, staring figures of despair.}}
# {{lb|en|by extension}} [[disorderly|Disorderly]]; [[untidy]]; [[messy]]; not kept up.
# {{lb|en|figurative}} [[rough|Rough]]; [[unpolished]]
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