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ill-kempt

ill-kempt adjective: synonym of unkempt (“uncombed, untidy, disorderly”).

Adjective

ill-kempt (comparative more ill-kempt, superlative most ill-kempt)

  1. Synonym of unkempt (“uncombed, untidy, disorderly”).
    Synonyms:
    unkempt

Synonyms of ill-kempt

Forms of ill-kempt

comparativemore ill-kempt
superlativemost ill-kempt

Words that rhyme with ill-kempt

Questions about ill-kempt

What does ill-kempt mean?
Ill-kempt means synonym of unkempt (“uncombed, untidy, disorderly”).
What part of speech is ill-kempt?
Ill-kempt is an adjective.

Words near ill-kempt in the dictionary

  1. ill-humoured
  2. ill-informed
  3. ill-intentioned
  4. ill-judged
  5. ill-judgedly
  6. ill-kempt
  7. ill-lit
  8. ill-looking
  9. ill-luck
  10. ill-mannered
  11. ill-matched

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