unclean

[ uhn-kleen ]
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adjective,un·clean·er, un·clean·est.
  1. not clean; dirty.

  2. morally impure; evil; vile: unclean thoughts.

  1. 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

1
before 900; Middle English unclene,Old English unclǣne.See un-1, clean

Other 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.

  • 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 Prophet Ezekiel | Arno C. Gaebelein
  • All the uncleannesses of civilization, once past their use, fall into this trench of truth, where the immense social sliding ends.

    Les Misrables | Victor Hugo
  • We 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

unclean

/ (ʌnˈkliːn) /


adjective
  1. lacking moral, spiritual, ritual, or physical cleanliness

Derived forms of unclean

  • uncleanness, noun

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