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Recent Examples of unkept
Coach’s Brooklyn 34 Leather Shoulder Bag is large and slightly slouchy without getting anywhere near unkept.
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Tamim Alnuweiri,
InStyle,
10 Feb. 2026
The brands are angry and frustrated at Saks for not only the lack of communication, but also the unkept promises.
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Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
6 Jan. 2026
Nothing is untucked, unkept or out of place.
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Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 Aug. 2025
Dust accumulation under the bed meant bugs, not just an unkept hotel room.
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Chip Bell,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unkept
Tamim Alnuweiri,
InStyle,
10 Feb. 2026
The brands are angry and frustrated at Saks for not only the lack of communication, but also the unkept promises.
—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
6 Jan. 2026
Nothing is untucked, unkept or out of place.
—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 Aug. 2025
Dust accumulation under the bed meant bugs, not just an unkept hotel room.
—
Chip Bell,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unkept
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unkept
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The Reflecting Pool has been a pet project of the president, who, before renovations got underway this spring, characterized it as dilapidated and dirty and said previous presidents had neglected it.
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Unable to pay rent, the boys moved several hours away to the small, dilapidated house with the leaky roof where rent is minimal.
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The burly bureaucrat in dark slacks and a navy sweater has a scruffy beard and the frazzled look of an anonymous factotum thrust into the limelight.
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The casual visit is scruffy hospitality par excellence.
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His golf wasn’t too shabby, either.
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Not too shabby for a modern electric vehicle (EV).
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Underdog startups and neglected divisions tell similar stories.
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Cinematographer Guillermo Garza shoots neglected settings like fine art, embracing the grime.
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Dings, dents, and tatty old stickers are seen as badges of honor, battle scars from a hectic life as an international jet-setter.
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The aging, tatty, late-modern Pimlico was demolished last year as 1/ST and the state of Maryland hammered out their $48-million deal for the state to take over the track.
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Too mangy, too rangy, prowling in their bony elegance, leaping weightless from dangerously precarious mounds of sharp edges, peering yellow- eyed from shadows.
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To write, especially in a first draft, is to submit myself to the mangy, cackling glory of not knowing.
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According to the gallery, the 25-minute film is set in a semi-abandoned hotel near Tokyo and reimagines the Greek myth of the goddess Persephone’s abduction by Hades.
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Born on May 13, 1958, in California, Sheets appeared on 163 episodes of Storage Wars between 2010 and 2023, vying with other buyers of abandoned and unopened storage lockers being auctioned.
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From the trunk of his car.) Even a dumpy place has its charms.
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Embarrassed by her own overworked single mother (Tara Mallen) and her dumpy, small house, Minnie begins spending time with Callie’s grieving mom, Helen (Sophie Okonedo), whose worldly elegance stands out in this pious small town.
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“Unkept.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unkept. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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