unkept in English

adjective
1
(of a commitment or undertaking) not honored or fulfilled.
unkept appointments and broken promises
2
not tidy or cared for.
She could make out a small, unkept lawn to its side, circled by a broken, wiry fence.
adjective

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1. A century has passed since the day of promise , and the promise is unkept.

2. Yet it would not be like us to leave our promises unkept, our friends abandoned, and our own security at risk.

3. The banlieues are becoming "more isolated", and marked by an "intensification of Muslim identity" in reaction to unkept promises of integration.

4. Mrs. Thompson had watched Teddy the year before and noticed he didn't play well with the other children, that his clothes were unkept and that he constantly needed a bath.

5. Feeble steps were heard on the stairs, and an old man, tall and frail, odorous of pipe smoke, with shaggy, unkept gray hair and a dingy beard, tobacco stained about the mouth, entered uncertainly.