as in disheveled
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Recent Examples of uncombed
The short, brittle, uncombed hair under her hat gave her crow’s wings on either side of her face.
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Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
After noting that people have made negative comments about her makeup-free face, the Grammy Award-winning rapper recorded a video fresh off the wake up, showing off her hyperpigmentation, uncombed hair, and all.
—Sydney Clarke, refinery29.com, 10 Feb. 2021
Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
After noting that people have made negative comments about her makeup-free face, the Grammy Award-winning rapper recorded a video fresh off the wake up, showing off her hyperpigmentation, uncombed hair, and all.
—Sydney Clarke, refinery29.com, 10 Feb. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncombed
Adjective
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Someone could walk around smelling very bad and looking very disheveled and pose zero risk to anyone, Hamblin noted.—
Andrea Kane,
CNN,
29 Jan. 2025
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Adam Ray Okay, a TikTok star known for his disheveled and brash character, Rosa, dressed up as her one last time, complete with stripes of bronzer and misplaced false lashes, to say goodbye to the app.—
Steffi Cao,
The Atlantic,
19 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Welles, a singer-songwriter with a shaggy, dirty-blond mane and a sandpapery voice, has risen to recent prominence posting videos to social media of himself alone in the woods near his home in northwest Arkansas, performing wryly funny, politically engaged folk songs.—
David Peisner,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2025
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Average retail prices range from $215 to $495 for the line, which includes vibrant jackets with circular-type sleeves, miniskirts and a shaggy wool coat.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
WWD,
10 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The trail from the bay leading to the preserve’s entrance is rough, rocky and messy.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
16 Feb. 2025
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All of them fled Afghanistan with their families for Pakistan, sometime after the messy withdrawal of the U.S. military in 2021.—
Belinda Luscombe,
TIME,
14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Tkachuk brothers’ offense generation The Tkachuk brothers are well known for their innate ability to generate chances thanks to their chaotic playstyle and affinity for going to the dirty areas.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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Critics call them a chaotic attack that will have lasting impacts on America.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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In the past, Jamil has openly discussed her own journey recovering from anorexia and disordered eating.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
27 Dec. 2024
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Thus did the conservative loose cannonballs come eventually to dominate the GOP—and define our disordered political era.—
Daniel Schlozman & Sam Rosenfeld / Made by History,
TIME,
10 June 2024
Adjective
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Build your strategy around results Showing up to your laptop without a plan will leave you confused, tired and unsure about the next step.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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For many, the frenetic nature of the firings has left them confused – and even days later – without a full accounting of their termination.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
The Mercury News,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Uncombed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncombed. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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