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unkempt in French

unkempt in French is ébouriffé — unkempt means (of hair) Not combed, and looking messy.

unkempt in French

ébouriffé
adj
(by extension) Disorderly; untidy; messy; not kept up.

What does "unkempt" mean?

  1. adj (of hair) Not combed, and looking messy.
    "He was a queer shoot, again, in his unkempt longish hair and slovenly clothes, a sort of very vulgar down-at-heel American in appearance."
  2. adj Untidy and not looked after properly.
  3. adj Lacking refinement or polish.
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unkempt in a sentence

  • He was a queer shoot, again, in his unkempt longish hair and slovenly clothes, a sort of very vulgar down-at-heel American in appearance.
  • Now, upon his whole person, from the crown of his unkempt head down to his broken, dusty boots, there yet clung that air of jaunty, devil-may-care rakishness.

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What is "unkempt" in French?
"unkempt" in French is ébouriffé. unkempt means: (of hair) Not combed, and looking messy.
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