Unkempt, a.
Etymology: [Pref. un- not + kempt, p. p. of kemb.]
1. Not combed; disheveled; as, an urchin with unkempt hair.
2. Fig.; Not smoothed; unpolished; rough. My rhymes be rugged and unkempt. Spenser.
Shades of meaning
Fernald lists unkempt only as an antonym, under neat.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.
Synonyms
none given