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unkempt

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore U words

untidy or not properly maintained

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Unkempt in a sentence

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After weeks in the wilderness, the hikers looked weary and unkempt.

Synonyms
disheveledmessyslovenly
Antonyms
tidygroomedneat

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Verbal · Text Completion

The novelist's late style is admired precisely for its blank: every superfluous phrase has been pared away, leaving prose of startling economy.

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Unkempt (adjective) means untidy or not properly maintained
Here is unkempt used in an example sentence: "After weeks in the wilderness, the hikers looked weary and unkempt."
Common synonyms for unkempt include disheveled, messy, slovenly.
Antonyms of unkempt include tidy, groomed, neat.
Unkempt is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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