uncombed

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Recent Examples of uncombed The short, brittle, uncombed hair under her hat gave her crow’s wings on either side of her face. Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024 After noting that people have made negative comments about her makeup-free face, the Grammy Award-winning rapper recorded a video fresh off the wake up, showing off her hyperpigmentation, uncombed hair, and all. Sydney Clarke, refinery29.com, 10 Feb. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncombed
Adjective
  • The Shaun of the Dead actor, 53, has been cast as the disheveled, lovable gamekeeper Rubeus Hagrid in the upcoming Harry Potter series adaptation, less than three years after Robbie Coltrane — who originally played the character in the film series — died at age 72.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 3 June 2025
  • The choice conjured a dreadful red tone to the scene while providing enough light to make out the details of the rubble and disheveled surroundings.
    Daron James, IndieWire, 27 May 2025
Adjective
  • There’s also a great romantic sub-plot involving Andy torn between two dudes, the shaggy, non-industry, great grill-cheesemaking Nate (Entourage‘s Adrian Grenier) and a fellow fashion industry colleague Christian Thompson played by Simon Baker.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 30 June 2025
  • The boy, whose head is full of shaggy black hair, is the youngest in his household of six.
    Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • If a mess does happen, clean up spills or messy bakes early so that grime and grease don’t build up.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 29 June 2025
  • This idea began to fray when early robot AI failed to handle messy, real-world conditions.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 June 2025
Adjective
  • In the chaotic final stretch of the vote-a-rama, GOP leaders zeroed in on Murkowski, working to address her concerns about the bill’s financial effect on Alaska.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 1 July 2025
  • What surprised me the most Despite a chaotic global economy, brand spending reductions and a cautious outlook on growth, the spending and cash was flowing, flowing, flowing.
    David Doty, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Adjective
  • The cells have an ugly, disordered appearance under a microscope.
    Adam B. Kushner, New York Times, 21 May 2025
  • In more severe cases, this ongoing pattern may erode a parent’s relationship with food, leading to emotional or disordered eating that feels increasingly difficult to name, let alone break.
    Christine Michel Carter, Parents, 20 May 2025
Adjective
  • The text, translated from French, is presented partly in comics-style word bubbles, and the illustrations of confused, anxious, and increasingly exasperated animals tell a great story in any language.
    Caroline Carlson June 30, Literary Hub, 30 June 2025
  • College admission often feels like a similar face-off between families, leaving them confused, concerned, and conjecturing.
    Brennan Barnard, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025

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“Uncombed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncombed. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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