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   unkempt

   /ʌnˈkɛm(p)t/

   adjective

   • 1. (especially of a person) having an untidy or dishevelled appearance: "they were unwashed and unkempt"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from un-1 ‘not’ + kempt ‘combed’ (past participle of archaic kemb, related to comb).

   Derivatives

   • 1. unkemptly adverb
   • 2. unkemptness noun

   Scrabble Points: 15

   • U

     1

   • N

     1

   • K

     5

   • E

     1

   • M

     3

   • P

     3

   • T

     1

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