: not kept
an unkept promise
an unkept garden
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Dust accumulation under the bed meant bugs, not just an unkept hotel room.
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Chip Bell, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
The unkept lawns however, are probably intentional — at least in the Forest Hills neighborhood.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 11 Mar. 2024
Forsythia, if unkept, can grow up to 10 feet tall and wide.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2024
The Missouri Republican focus on migrants comes after former President Donald Trump, now the presumptive GOP nominee, spent years focusing on the issue, including an unkept promise that the United States would build a wall along the southern border and that Mexico would pay for it.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 11 July 2024
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Chip Bell, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
The unkept lawns however, are probably intentional — at least in the Forest Hills neighborhood.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 11 Mar. 2024
Forsythia, if unkept, can grow up to 10 feet tall and wide.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2024
The Missouri Republican focus on migrants comes after former President Donald Trump, now the presumptive GOP nominee, spent years focusing on the issue, including an unkept promise that the United States would build a wall along the southern border and that Mexico would pay for it.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 11 July 2024
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“Unkept.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unkept. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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