Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Unkempt.
- adjective Not kept or fulfilled.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not kept; not retained; not preserved.
- Not sustained, maintained, or tended.
- Not observed; not obeyed, as a command.
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- adjective
not kept (especially of promises)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded
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Examples
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The suspect, who police described as unkept in appearance and unemployed, said he'd been approached by a man who promised he would buy him food if he'd help sell tickets.
unknown title 2009
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Summed up in all, to make the rural schools character-builders, to rid the districts of surroundings which destroy character, such as unkept school yards, foul, nasty outhouses, poor, unfit teachers.
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Susan was just kind of unkept, the makeover is fine; it isn't like 5 plastic surgeries, fake tan etc ... she didn't get the Hollywood look, she just got some make up, better hair care and different clothes.
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Susan was just kind of unkept, the makeover is fine; it isn't like 5 plastic surgeries, fake tan etc ... she didn't get the Hollywood look, she just got some make up, better hair care and different clothes.
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The "unkept" look is in ... unless your hair is nappy
WN.com - Articles related to Johnnie To: It took years to find artistic balance 2009
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Testifying on Tuesday, a teller and bank branch manager who encountered the robber described a man who looked "unkept," with long shaggy hair and a beard, wearing dark glasses,
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I left out the number of phone calls and the unkept promises and "your calls are very important to us ..."
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I left out the number of phone calls and the unkept promises and "your calls are very important to us ..."
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The harsh message reflects Greece's past unkept promises to its creditors from its first bailout; an erosion of trust between Athens and other governments in the currency union; and a sense, according to analysts, that leverage over Greece is waning as time passes.
16 'Angry Parents' Lecture Greece Stephen Fidler 2012
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“Your hair is a little unkept today, shall I comb it for you?”, he takes his favorite spankie brush and lovenly combs her hair.
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