Unkemptitude

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality or state of being unkempt. humorous, nonstandard, rare, uncountable

    "Frank Hobson (who at home wore his hair with a part of surgical precision and had his trousers pressed daily with a damp cloth) found something liberating in his unkemptitude."

Example

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"Frank Hobson (who at home wore his hair with a part of surgical precision and had his trousers pressed daily with a damp cloth) found something liberating in his unkemptitude."

Etymology

From unkempt + -itude.

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