a. (UN-1 7.)
1648. Hexham, II. Ongekuyst, Vnneate, Foule, or Filthy.
1849. D. J. Browne, Amer. Poultry Yard (1855), 71. The white of their plumage is not brilliant, and is sure to be unneat in the places where they are usually kept.
1866. Miss Mulock, Noble Life, xii. A letter, so unlike Helens, so unneat, blurred and blotted.
Hence Unneatness.
1844. N. Paterson, Manse Gard., 91. A great degree of unneatness in the mode of training.
a. 1864. Hawthorne, Dr. Grimshawe, vi. The sordidness and unneatness of the apartment.