Meaning & use
Unkept
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Not maintained or looked after; also, not honored or fulfilled, as of a promise.
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The unkept garden had grown wild after months of neglect.
He was ashamed of the unkept promise he had made to his daughter.
A note on using this word
Unkept is often confused with unkempt, but the two differ: unkempt describes disheveled appearance, while unkept more broadly means not maintained or not honored.
Words with a similar meaning
neglectedunfulfilled
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Words with an opposite meaning
keptmaintained
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