There was something inexpressibly pathetic even in the unkemptness of the stricken girl, in her torn dress and the brown skin of face and hands, touched here and there by the stain of exposure to the blackened forest.
"King Spruce, A Novel"
Holman Day
And his study with pillows on the sofa, with stacks of papers in the corners, and with a dirty invalid poodle lying under the table, produced the same impression of unkemptness and untidiness as himself.
"The Darling and Other Stories"
Anton Chekhov
Many people regard unkemptness as a sign of genius; which is, I daresay, the reason why poets seldom wash their necks.
"Gossamer 1915"
George A. Birmingham