uncleanness
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- noun
- /ʌnˈklɪn.nəs/
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- He couldn't ignore the uncleanness of the river after the storm swept debris into it.
Examples
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For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness.
Blog text (20) -
The articles he read stated there would be no swearing of oaths on board, no drunkenness, nor uncleanness.
Fiction book (2002) -
Why not this very hour make an end to my uncleanness?
Blog text (27) -
I will save you from all your uncleanness.
Blog text (9) -
Many religions have a sense of uncleanness about bodies and actively avoid them.
Blog text (24) -
At times, the feeling of uncleanness is as graspable an emotion as any other.
Fiction book (1995) -
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
Blog text (13) -
Throughout God Is Holy and This Great House in particular, the terms Shenoute uses to describe the effects of sin are "pollution," "defilement," "uncleanness," and "corruption."
Academic text (2004) -
But the sensation of a vile uncleanness, both soaking into him and emanating out from him, was inexpressibly horrible.
Fiction book (2000) -
The uncleanness of the abandoned house made it uninhabitable.
Synonyms
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Dirt and disgusting things that make a place very dirty
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Dirty and unpleasant living conditions caused by poverty or neglect
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2.3
Dirt and soot that make a surface look dirty
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4.9
A very dirty state that smells bad and disgusts people
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Not being clean because it has mud, dust or stains
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A state of being dirty and morally bad
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Being untidy, dirty, and careless about clothes or work
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6.5
How gross or unpleasant something is
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5.5
A state when a place or person is dirty and not cared for
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4.2
A very dirty state with waste and rubbish
A state in which things are dirty and can make people ill
Dirt or mess that makes something dirty
Very dirty and unpleasant places caused by poverty or lack of care
A state of being dirty or bad in a moral way, for example a filthy place
A shabby, dirty look from old, worn clothes
Antonyms
How Clean
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word uncleanness comes from the parts un- meaning 'not' and clean meaning 'free of dirt', plus the ending -ness which makes it a 'state'. So uncleanness is simply the state of being not clean or dirty.