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unwashed

unwashed

8 1.0
Not washed with soap and water
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈwɑʃt/
translation icon : sin lavar
  • The kitchen is piled with unwashed breakfast dishes, unrinsed pots, mixing bowls, and clogged wooden spoons.
  • unwashed dishes
  • unwashed bodies
  • unwashed hands

Try to never touch your face with with unwashed hands, OK?

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Examples

  • Try to never touch your face with with unwashed hands, OK?

  • No one else appeared troubled by the growing stench of seven unwashed bodies in the cabin.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Their blonde hair was stringy and sort of greasy, unwashed for what must have been years.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • There was a sour stench in the air from his unwashed, unkempt body.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Her clothing smelled of unwashed skin, of woodsmoke from a cooking fire.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • The stench of unwashed men and horse sweat permeated the heavy brocaded curtains.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Her dark-blond hair was disheveled, unplaited, coarse, and lustreless as a horse's mane, unwashed for days.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • It is important to avoid eating with unwashed hands to prevent getting sick.

  • She refused to use the unwashed dishes left in the sink after the party.

  • The children played in the dirt, and their clothes became unwashed and muddy.

Synonyms

dirty
vsunwashed
525 1.0

Not clean or covered with dirt

focuses on not being washed with soap and water rather than general uncleanliness
soiled
vsunwashed
1 2.5

Not clean because it has mud or grease on it

describes lack of cleaning action rather than only having stains
unbathed
vsunwashed
1 4.3

Not washed recently and looking dirty

means not cleaned with soap and water at all rather than just recently
unlaundered
vsunwashed
3.9

Clothes or sheets that have not been washed

applies more generally to anything not cleaned with soap and water
unrinsed
vsunwashed
4.0

Not washed with water after use

indicates not cleaned at all rather than only missing a rinsing step

Antonyms

1.0

Made clean with water or soap

Idioms

the great unwashed
  • Offensive
3 8.8

Ordinary people who richer, more powerful people often talk about in a rude way

How Clean

spotless
41 2.5
clean
1.0
unwashed
8 1.0
dirty
525 1.0
filthy
183 1.5

Surface Forms

unwashed positive
unwasher comparative
unwashest superlative

Morphology

unwashed = washed (transparent) = un + wash + ed

The adjective is formed by adding the productive negating prefix 'un-' to 'washed', so the meaning 'not cleaned' is directly inferable.

Etymology

Unwashed is made from un- 'not' and washed, and wash means 'clean with water', so the word simply means 'not cleaned', for example hands, dishes, or clothes that have not been washed.