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Recent Examples of unkept
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.
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Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 11 July 2024
The unkept lawns however, are probably intentional — at least in the Forest Hills neighborhood.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 11 Mar. 2024
Not to mention the mounting frustration of leaders from the global south over unkept promises of aid.
—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
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Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 11 July 2024
The unkept lawns however, are probably intentional — at least in the Forest Hills neighborhood.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 11 Mar. 2024
Not to mention the mounting frustration of leaders from the global south over unkept promises of aid.
—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
See All Example Sentences for unkept
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unkept
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Earlier this year, Saiz Bilbao arrived at a dilapidated building still under construction, its entrance via a seemingly endless stretch of stairs that led to a window-less hostel.—
Georgiana Ralphs,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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Now, charred and dilapidated buildings dot the small city center.—
NPR,
NPR,
25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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We are honored to celebrate this scruffy superstar and crown him as America’s 2025 Hero Dog.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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The trailer also shows Lucas Bravo’s character, Gabriel, is done with the scruffy look of the last season and has gone back to his original hunky style, even boasting some blond highlights and California tan.—
Lauren Coates,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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And while the names are fun, the numbers aren’t too shabby either.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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Not too shabby for a 37-year-old who nearly left in the offseason for the Raiders or Giants and missed a month of camp with a back issue.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
8 Nov. 2025
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Few sights are as heart-wrenching as a neglected animal in need.—
Allison Moses,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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Those plans were later abandoned during the pandemic and the house joined Denver’s neglected and derelict building list in 2024.—
Justin Wingerter,
Denver Post,
8 Oct. 2025
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The carpets were tatty; the meeting rooms were ill-equipped.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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Thierry notified me of his satisfaction with another grunt and reached into the pillowy recesses of his fleece to produce a tatty padded envelope stuffed with Euros.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Aug. 2025
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That also includes Leonard, a dapper old parrot who lives in the clinic, and Bitchy, a mangy, rangy alley cat who recently wandered into the office and took up residence.—
Duante Beddingfield,
Freep.com,
30 July 2025
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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
Adjective
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Thousands of abandoned and derelict vessels around the US pose environmental and navigational challenges.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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The 33 towns being considered for this project, which are expected to meet final approval in the coming weeks, are all on the brink of extinction with the number of empty and abandoned houses outnumbering those that are inhabited.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN,
21 Mar. 2025
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The dumpy old Abe Stark Sports Center, the ice rink on the boardwalk between 19th and 20th Streets, is getting a major renovation as well.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
24 Sep. 2025
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Torry’s candidly dumpy, dingy, dated, wood panel lined courtroom allowed for the placement of contemporary art and the banging of nails into walls which would have been forbidden in one of the ornate ground floor courtrooms.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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“Unkept.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unkept. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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