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Unkempt vs Unkemptness - What's the difference?

unkempt | unkemptness |

As an adjective unkempt

is dishevelled; untidy; dirty; not kept up.

As a noun unkemptness is

the state or condition of being unkempt.

unkempt

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • dishevelled; untidy; dirty; not kept up

    • Synonyms

    * dishevelled * slovenly

    unkemptness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state or condition of being unkempt.
  • * 1920 , :
    • And if added to this there be a repellent unkemptness , a wild disorder of dress, a bushiness of dark hair white at the roots, and an unchecked growth of white beard on a face once clean-shaven, the cumulative effect is quite shocking.