unkempt

English

From earlier unkembed, unkemmed, from Middle English unkempt (“uncombed”), equivalent to un- +‎ kempt. Compare Old Norse úkembdr (uncombed; unkempt"; > Icelandic ókembdur), German ungekämmt (“unkempt”), Dutch ongekamd. More at kemb.

unkempt (comparative more unkempt, superlative most unkempt)

dishevelled; untidy; dirty; not kept up

Chinese:
Mandarin: 不修邊幅 (zh), 不修边幅 (zh) (bùxiūbiānfú)
Finnish: ruokkoamaton, hoitamaton (fi)
French: (talking about hair) ébouriffé (fr) m
Galician: desaliñado m
Georgian: მოუვლელი (mouvleli), მოუწესრიგებელი (mouc̣esrigebeli), უსუფთაო (usuptao)
German: schäbig (de), struppig (de), ungepflegt (de)
Greek: απεριποίητος (el) m (aperipoíitos)

Italian: scompigliato (it) m
Maori: puhirua, uarapa, pūhutihuti, hīwanawana (of hair), paranokenoke, kōritorito
Norman: crîngneux
Portuguese: desgrenhado (pt)
Russian: неря́шливый (ru) (nerjášlivyj), неопря́тный (ru) (neoprjátnyj), (of hair) нечёсаный (ru) (nečósanyj), (of hair) взъеро́шенный (ru) (vzʺjeróšennyj), растрёпанный (ru) (rastrjópannyj), всклоко́ченный (ru) (vsklokóčennyj)
Spanish: desaliñado (es), despeinado (es)
Turkish: bakımsız (tr), dağınık (tr), pejmürde (tr)

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