Both Uses of
unkempt
in
The War of the Worlds
- There were sturdy workmen thrusting their way along, wretched, unkempt men, clothed like clerks or shopmen, struggling spasmodically; a wounded soldier my brother noticed, men dressed in the clothes of railway porters, one wretched creature in a nightshirt with a coat thrown over it.†
Chpt 1.16
- Men on cycles, lean-faced, unkempt, scorched along every country lane shouting of unhoped deliverance, shouting to gaunt, staring figures of despair.†
Chpt 2.9 *
Definition:
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(unkempt) not neat or cared for