as in dilapidated
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Recent Examples of unkept
Not to mention the mounting frustration of leaders from the global south over unkept promises of aid.
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Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2023
Social media commenters would say her hair looked unkept because it wasn’t always groomed to their liking.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 30 Oct. 2023
Movie trailers can be full of unkept promises.
—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
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Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2023
Social media commenters would say her hair looked unkept because it wasn’t always groomed to their liking.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 30 Oct. 2023
Movie trailers can be full of unkept promises.
—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
See all Example Sentences for unkept
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unkept
Adjective
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The hotel is founded and managed by locals, who transformed a dilapidated bed-and-breakfast into a six-acre luxury hotel in 2001.—
Maya Kachroo-Levine,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Feb. 2025
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They were forced to live in dilapidated buildings with mold, sewage, and rodent issues, and were confined to their rooms for weeks on end.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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While raising four boys and juggling a career, her earliest and signature save was Larimer Square, which in the mid-1960s was considered a scruffy row of rowdy bars best trimmed with a bulldozer.—
Aldo Svaldi,
The Denver Post,
24 Jan. 2025
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If Hobbes’ quote is generally presented as advocating for governance or control, American Primeval almost seems willing to accept the nastiness in exchange for the scruffy solidarity.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The victory also elevated his career earnings total to more than $7 million, not too shabby for a horse that sold at auction for $40,000 as a 2-year-old.—
Clark Spencer,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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Not too shabby for someone who started their journey on a reality TV show, right?—
Jenzia Burgos,
StyleCaster,
20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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If coordinated correctly, Trump’s tariff threats offer an enormous opportunity for America’s neglected waterfront.—
Craig Hooper,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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Lawmakers also met to better understand the difficulties counties face in finding temporary placements for neglected and special needs children.—
Christina Lengyel | The Center Square contributor,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The coffee table had been painted black all over and looked rather tatty.—
Alyce Collins,
Newsweek,
24 Dec. 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
Adjective
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His Orlok is more feral and red-blooded than previous iterations, appearing swathed in ursine furs and accompanied by mangy curs.—
Celia Mattison,
Vulture,
27 Dec. 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
Adjective
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But the findings won’t be able to say how abandoned land should be managed, or whether people should try to manage it at all.—
ByDan Charles,
science.org,
2 Jan. 2025
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A day later his car was found abandoned but undamaged in a parking lot near Congaree National Park about 20 miles southeast of Columbia.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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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 Feb. 2025.
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