ill-kempt

[ il-kempt ]

adjective

1. unkempt.

Example Sentences

The waiting room is ill-kempt, but inside its institutional blue and white walls, there is a surprising sense of tranquility.

From The Daily Beast

He could now see that his father's clothes were mud-stained and torn, that his long white hair was ill-kempt.

From Project Gutenberg

An ill-kempt, unwieldy man dressed in the uniform of an officer was seated on a stone bench and scowled as the two appeared.

From Project Gutenberg

I bade farewell to my cell; I thanked my hosts; and I kissed their little urchins, all besmeared and ill-kempt as they were.

From Project Gutenberg

It was pale now under the ill-kempt hair, and the set purpose of helpfulness was stamped upon it.

From Project Gutenberg

A sudden shame of his disordered, ill-kempt appearance made him perhaps the more defiant.

From Project Gutenberg