a. north. dial. [UN-1 7 + dial. heppen tidy, handy, a. ON. heppinn (Norw. heppen) lucky, dexterous. Cf. Norw. uheppen.] a. Untidy, slatternly. b. Ungainly, etc.
1790. Grose, Prov. Gloss., Unheppen, slatternly.
1824. [Carr], Craven Gloss., 119. Unheppen, unbecoming, uncomfortable, indecent, untidy.
1855–. in Eng. Dial. Dict. (Yks., Linc.).
1880. Tennyson, Village Wife, xvi. An’ Lucy wur laäme o’ one leg,… Straänge an’ unheppen Miss Lucy!
