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un⋅clean

[uhn-kleen]
–adjective, -er, -est.
1. not clean; dirty.
2. morally impure; evil; vile: unclean thoughts.
3. Chiefly Biblical. having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to the laws, esp. the dietary or ceremonial laws: an unclean animal; unclean persons.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME unclene, OE unclǣne. See un- 1 , clean


un⋅clean⋅ness, noun


1. soiled, filthy. 2. base, unchaste, sinful, corrupt, polluted.
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un·clean   (ŭn-klēn')   
adj.   un·clean·er, un·clean·est
  1. Foul or dirty.

  2. Morally defiled; unchaste.

  3. Ceremonially impure.

un·clean'ness n.
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