unclean
not clean; dirty.
morally impure; evil; vile: unclean thoughts.
Chiefly Biblical. having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to the laws, especially the dietary or ceremonial laws: an unclean animal; unclean persons.
Origin of unclean
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Other words from unclean
- un·clean·ness, noun
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How to use unclean in a sentence
They depict a wariness of anything — or anyone — who will make the community unclean, tarnish its image.
At the Smithsonian, a photographic portrait of East Baltimore, decades before the dawn of the selfie era | Kelsey Ables | August 26, 2021 | Washington PostFirst, religious texts condemn them as unclean, plus the love Westerners shower on pets made them inherently suspect.
The offspring of the ungodly shall not bring forth many branches, and make a noise as unclean roots upon the top of a rock.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousBut we must not class in this unclean category Lord Spunyarn and his friend Haggard, who were both playing at the big table.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsFat-droplets are most frequently derived from unclean bottles or oiled catheters.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell Todd
Fordun says there was famine in Scotland this year, many being reduced 'to feed on the flesh of horses and other unclean cattle.'
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonWalsingham says the distress was worst in the north, where, he heard, 'the people ate dogs and horses and other unclean animals.'
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. Murison
British Dictionary definitions for unclean
/ (ʌnˈkliːn) /
lacking moral, spiritual, ritual, or physical cleanliness
Derived forms of unclean
- uncleanness, noun
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