as in dilapidated
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Recent Examples of unkept
Movie trailers can be full of unkept promises.
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Vulture, 27 July 2022
In the rare instances when curly hair is showcased in the Korean media, women are often displayed as being unprofessional, unkept, or in the middle of a life crisis.
—Jada Jackson, Allure, 16 Nov. 2022
In March, a troop of engineers gathered in an unkept green field in rural Nottinghamshire, England.
—Wired, 6 July 2022
The animals were malnourished, filthy and unkept, the sheriff's office said.
—Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Feb. 2022
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Vulture, 27 July 2022
In the rare instances when curly hair is showcased in the Korean media, women are often displayed as being unprofessional, unkept, or in the middle of a life crisis.
—Jada Jackson, Allure, 16 Nov. 2022
In March, a troop of engineers gathered in an unkept green field in rural Nottinghamshire, England.
—Wired, 6 July 2022
The animals were malnourished, filthy and unkept, the sheriff's office said.
—Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Feb. 2022
See all Example Sentences for unkept
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unkept
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This small apartment on the eastern edge of Paris was so dilapidated that not long after moving in, its owner turned around and moved out.Annabelle Dufraigne, Architectural Digest, 10 Dec. 2024
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Speaking to a regional health board last month, Regina Coeli's governor, Claudia Clementi, said overcrowding meant the dilapidated facility was operating on a knife-edge.Rebecca Messina, theweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Moore showed off a fresh haircut and his scruffy salt-and-pepper beard in the selfie.Rachel Raposas, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
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The look: Dog ears, scruffy hair, a collar and leash for one person, and large nets for any others.Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 25 Oct. 2024
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Looks pretty shabby when Android phones up and down the budget spectrum offer 120Hz displays.Allison Johnson, The Verge, 7 Sep. 2024
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While the $174,000 annual pay likely doesn't sound too shabby to those living in a country where the median individual wage comes to just over $59,000 a year, members of Congress are earning wages that were set in 2009.Kate Gibson, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
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In the century that followed, amputation remained a neglected area of medicine.Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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The business owners hoped to revitalize a neglected commercial stretch.Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 28 Nov. 2024
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Cash is still printed regularly, because torn and tatty notes need to be replaced.The Week UK, theweek, 3 Aug. 2024
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Orwell typed for hours upstairs, sitting on his iron bedstead in a tatty dressing gown, chain-smoking shag tobacco.Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024
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Paramount The other animal that makes a big impression is the mangy baboon that Paul Mescal’s character, Lucius, has to fight in his first battle.Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024
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Davis was more or less rocking his signature look — a red Adidas tracksuit, hair in mangy dreads.Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
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According to the nonprofit, Kristin Davis found the abandoned and weak elephant calf while on a trip near Kenya's Chyulu Hills.Kelli Bender, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024
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Seen in a video that moves through the abandoned and disarrayed hallways of the pediatric intensive care unit at Al-Nasr Children’s Hospital in northern Gaza were several babies whose unattended bodies lay on separate hospital beds.Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2023
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In context, Franklin was critiquing a rather dumpy drawing of an eagle lacking a regal beak by the Society of the Cincinnati, which had adopted the nation’s bird as its symbol.Kendra Nordin Beato, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Nov. 2024
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In fact, it was released during the slightly less dumpy dump month of February — on February 13, 1991, with nationwide sneak previews on February 2, 1991.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 18 Jan. 2024
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“Unkept.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unkept. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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