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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Her sweet idiot of a neighbor stood on the unlit front porch of his dilapidated brick rancher as the sun dipped below the horizon and shadows stretched to swallow him.Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
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While Abang quietly guts chickens in the Pudu wet market and takes odd jobs for half the wages a legal worker would receive, Adik is seen fleeing from a raid by immigration police in a dilapidated apartment block.Richard Kuipers, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
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And months after his split from Jennifer Lopez this past August, Affleck, 52, was seen arriving at his offices in Los Angeles with a scruffy appearance after having a clean-shaven face during the summer.Michelle Lee, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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North Pole head of security Callum Drift (Dwayne Johnson) partners with Jack O'Malley (Chris Evans), a scruffy international bounty hunter who's on the naughty list, for an important rescue mission to save Santa in the holiday action comedy. Need a break?Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 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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Soft landing optimism has led the 2024 stock rally to broaden as of late into more neglected areas of the market such as small-caps.Krystal Hur, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024
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Meanwhile, a team aiming to restore a neglected and earthquake-damaged archaeological site in Turkey came across a tiny 3,500-year-old cuneiform tablet.Ashley Strickland, CNN, 17 Aug. 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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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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The father, in a black frock coat, cracked his whip at a mangy and irritated lion who eventually agreed to jump through a hoop.Rosanna Warren, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 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 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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In the premiere, Martha is made to look as dumpy and pathetic—and then as unhinged—as possible.Judy Berman, TIME, 19 Apr. 2024
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“Unkept.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unkept. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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