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
1Other words for unclean
Other words from unclean
- un·clean·ness, noun
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How to use unclean in a sentence
And I will save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for corn, and will multiply it, and will lay no famine upon you.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousI will also save you from all your uncleannesses; and I will call for the corn and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.
The Prophet Ezekiel | Arno C. GaebeleinAll the uncleannesses of civilization, once past their use, fall into this trench of truth, where the immense social sliding ends.
Les Misrables | Victor HugoWe were accounted of him as base metal, and he abstaineth from our ways as from uncleannesses.
I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.
The Power of Faith | Isabella Graham
British Dictionary definitions for unclean
/ (ʌnˈkliːn) /
lacking moral, spiritual, ritual, or physical cleanliness
Derived forms of unclean
- uncleanness, noun
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