unclean
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1.3
- adjective
- /ʌnˈklin/
- Drinking, bathing, and cooking with unclean water sources can cause illness.
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Watch on YouTubeThe glasses were unclean, the floor was unclean.
- The glasses were unclean, the floor was unclean.
- Dark, dank, stinky, unclean clothes everywhere, right?
- is like this and it shoots out like that, it's unclean.
- The brave Norwegian drove his vessel head on against the suing Jelly, which rose above the unclean froth like the stern of a demon galleon.
Examples
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This bed is unclean.
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There was a smell of something close, damp, and unclean like mold.
Fiction book (1993) -
The glasses were unclean, the floor was unclean.
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It's not the world that makes humans unclean, but humans who make the world unclean.
Blog text (16) -
Drinking, bathing, and cooking with unclean water sources can cause illness as well.
Academic text (2015) -
In addition to unclean hands, common vehicles of food contamination include soil, garbage, rodents, insects, and air.
Academic text (1998) -
Cleanliness brought an end to this unique riverine sociality, and the unclean sewage and garbage habits of the past became illegal and taboo.
Academic text (2016) -
Many people suffer from diseases that come from unclean water and food.
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Food becomes contaminated with bacteria when it is prepared improperly or in an unclean environment.
Synonyms
446
1.0
Not clean or covered with dirt
333
2.3
Very unpleasant and making you feel sick or disgusted
146
1.0
Very dirty and covered with things that smell bad
130
4.7
Something that becomes unsafe because it touches something dirty or harmful
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1.5
Very dirty and covered with mud or dirt
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4.5
Spoiled and unsafe because it has rot or something harmful
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2.7
Very dirty and bad to touch or smell
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2.5
Not clean because it has mud or grease on it
16
3.7
Not clean and likely to cause illness
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4.8
Not clean and likely to make people sick
3
4.5
Dirty and covered with tiny living things that can make you sick
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8.2
Covered in poop or very dirty
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4.1
Dirty and polluted with waste or unwanted material
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5.7
Not cleaned and may have germs or dirt
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8.2
Covered thickly with dark dirt or soot
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6.9
Dirty and likely to cause disease
1
8.3
Covered with animal poop and smelling bad
Antonyms
How Clean
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unclean comes from the parts un- ('not') and clean ('free from dirt'), which makes it easy to remember. So, unclean also simply means 'dirty' or likely to make other things dirty.