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unclean - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'unclean' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Unclean [ a.]
- Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy.
- Ceremonially impure; needing ritual cleansing.
- Morally impure.

Meaning of 'unclean' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . unclean [ a]
Meaning (1):
- soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
Example in sentence:
  • a child in dirty overalls;
  • Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves;
  • dirty slums;
  • dirty unswept sidewalks;
  • mining is a dirty job;
  • piles of dirty dishes;
  • put his dirty feet on the clean sheet;
  • wore an unclean shirt
Meaning (2):
- having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws
Example in sentence:
  • and the swine...is unclean to you;
  • unclean meat