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unclean adjective [ ʌnˈkliːn ]

• dirty.
• "the firm was fined for operating in unclean premises"
Similar: dirty, filthy, grubby, grimy, mucky, fouled, foul, impure, adulterated, tainted, tarnished, stained, soiled, begrimed, smeared, unwashed, dusty, sooty, muddy, scummy, polluted, contaminated, infected, insanitary, unhygienic, unhealthy, germ-ridden, germy, disease-ridden, septic, yucky, cruddy, icky, manky, grotty, gungy, scungy, uncleanly, besmirched, feculent,
Opposite: clean,
• morally wrong.
• "unclean thoughts"
Origin: Old English unclǣne (see un-1, clean).


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