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7 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
Meaning
adjective not neatly combed
adjective not properly maintained or cared for
originFrom earlier unkembed, unkemmed, from Middle English unkempt (“uncombed”), equivalent to un- + kempt. Compare Old Norse úkembdr (uncombed; unkempt"; whence Icelandic ókembdur), German ungekämmt (“unkempt”), Dutch ongekamd. More at kemb.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0