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Recent Examples of unkept
Not to mention the mounting frustration of leaders from the global south over unkept promises of aid.
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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
Movie trailers can be full of unkept promises.
—Vulture, 27 July 2022
In the rare instances when curly hair is showcased in the Korean media, women are often displayed as being unprofessional, unkept, or in the middle of a life crisis.
—Jada Jackson, Allure, 16 Nov. 2022
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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
Movie trailers can be full of unkept promises.
—Vulture, 27 July 2022
In the rare instances when curly hair is showcased in the Korean media, women are often displayed as being unprofessional, unkept, or in the middle of a life crisis.
—Jada Jackson, Allure, 16 Nov. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unkept
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Now, as soon as next year, the historic campus will transform into housing with 213 apartments as the city's Department of Metropolitan Development and private developers redevelop dilapidated buildings downtown into residential and commercial spaces.—
Alysa Guffey,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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But Spencer said replacing old, dilapidated buildings with newer ones could also put the district in a better position to compete with charter schools.—
Silas Allen,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 June 2025
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Jessica’s ex-boyfriend, played by an impeccably scruffy and insufferable Michael Zegen, is a self-important Brooklyn music writer named Zev who has abandoned her for an influencer played by Emily Ratajkowski, also impeccable at being insufferable but in a more serene way.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
10 July 2025
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His scruffy fur spread out around his face like a lion's mane.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
Adjective
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Their physical features can be shabby to the point of scandal: mad spacing, pagination mixups, microscopic type.—
Thomas Mallon,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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The accommodations could have formerly been described as shabby chic or Spartan, but Peregrine is intent on changing that impression--upgrading the aesthetic appeal and functionality of its 345 guest rooms.—
David Weiss,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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But its location in the neglected and overgrown space remains a mystery.—
Laura L. Davis,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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What’s a neglected part of your ME—your health, learning, or joy?—
Nell Derick Debevoise,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
Adjective
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Texas Renée likes to be alone in tatty clothes with the dogs, crisscrossing the country and hanging out at the vet, cleaning the yard or planting and pruning things.—
Hugh Grant,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2025
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The coffee table had been painted black all over and looked rather tatty.—
Alyce Collins,
Newsweek,
24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Davis was more or less rocking his signature look — a red Adidas tracksuit, hair in mangy dreads.—
Ed Masley,
The Arizona Republic,
4 Oct. 2024
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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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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 team had a group task to accomplish, yes, but at every checkpoint, people had to make the decision to be selfish or selfless, and the selfish ones got rewarded while the selfless were left abandoned and miserable on the loch.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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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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The Slip concerns sixteen-year-old Nathaniel Rothstein, a dumpy sad sack who, after getting into a fight at school, is sent to live with his uncle in Austin for the summer of 1998.—
Lucas Schaefer
June 13,
Literary Hub,
13 June 2025
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