Unclean
adjective
Something dirty, not clean.
He felt unclean after working all day in the garden.
Often appears as...
- feel unclean
- look unclean
adjective
Impure or immoral, especially in a spiritual or ceremonial sense.
Within his religion, consuming pork is considered unclean.
Often appears as...
- considered unclean
- deemed unclean
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Disapproving
adjective
Erotically suggestive; indecent.
My Grandma was shocked by the unclean jokes in the comedian’s act.
Often appears as...
- unclean thoughts
- unclean jokes
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Disapproving
Colloquial
adjective
Something dirty, not clean.
He felt unclean after working all day in the garden.
Often appears as...
- feel unclean
- look unclean
adjective
Impure or immoral, especially in a spiritual or ceremonial sense.
Within his religion, consuming pork is considered unclean.
Often appears as...
- considered unclean
- deemed unclean
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Erotically suggestive; indecent.
My Grandma was shocked by the unclean jokes in the comedian’s act.
Often appears as...
- unclean thoughts
- unclean jokes
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Immediate Impression
Describes an instant feeling of something being dirty, as soon as one sees it.
The unclean dishes piled in the sink made her want to clean immediately.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical State
Refers to the actual, physical condition of an object or person, not feelings or morality.
His hands were unclean after fixing the car's engine.
Pro Tip 3/3Hygiene Related
Often linked with health and hygiene, suggests a need for washing or cleaning.
Make sure the restaurant's kitchen isn't unclean before eating there.
Pro Tip 1/3Immediate Impression
Describes an instant feeling of something being dirty, as soon as one sees it.
The unclean dishes piled in the sink made her want to clean immediately.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical State
Refers to the actual, physical condition of an object or person, not feelings or morality.
His hands were unclean after fixing the car's engine.
Pro Tip 3/3Hygiene Related
Often linked with health and hygiene, suggests a need for washing or cleaning.
Make sure the restaurant's kitchen isn't unclean before eating there.
Pro Tip 1/3Immediate Impression
Describes an instant feeling of something being dirty, as soon as one sees it.
The unclean dishes piled in the sink made her want to clean immediately.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical State
Refers to the actual, physical condition of an object or person, not feelings or morality.
His hands were unclean after fixing the car's engine.
Pro Tip 3/3Hygiene Related
Often linked with health and hygiene, suggests a need for washing or cleaning.
Make sure the restaurant's kitchen isn't unclean before eating there.
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I grew up in the...
My church's antics were such that we were constantly at odds with the world, and that reinforced our otherness on a daily basis. "Make a difference between the unclean and the clean," the verse says, and so we did. From baseball games to military funerals,
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Blood Initiation PIPE...
traditional belief that to become men they must expel the contaminating influences of women when our mothers gave birth to us some of their blood remains in us which is considered unclean when we do the ritual it helps
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I grew up in the...
My church's antics were such that we were constantly at odds with the world, and that reinforced our otherness on a daily basis. "Make a difference between the unclean and the clean," the verse says, and so we did. From baseball games to military funerals,
Video examples
Blood Initiation PIPE...
traditional belief that to become men they must expel the contaminating influences of women when our mothers gave birth to us some of their blood remains in us which is considered unclean when we do the ritual it helps
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
If a work of art is rich and vital and complete, those who have artistic instincts will see its beauty, and those to whom ethics appeal more strongly than aesthetics will see its moral lesson. It will fill the cowardly with terror, and the unclean will see in it their own shame.
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Walt Whitman
American Poet
Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to the front, let bigots, fools, unclean persons, offer new propositions, let the old propositions be postponed.
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Bryan Cranston
American Actor
I'm not crazy about being out of control, and I get emotional when things are unclean. When things are out of order. When things are messy. Because I lived in a mess as a child.
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Gordon B. Hinckley
American Clergyman
We cannot be unclean and expect the help of the Almighty.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
An unclean person is universally a slothful one.
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Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
If a work of art is rich and vital and complete, those who have artistic instincts will see its beauty, and those to whom ethics appeal more strongly than aesthetics will see its moral lesson. It will fill the cowardly with terror, and the unclean will see in it their own shame.
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Walt Whitman
American Poet
Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to the front, let bigots, fools, unclean persons, offer new propositions, let the old propositions be postponed.
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Bryan Cranston
American Actor
I'm not crazy about being out of control, and I get emotional when things are unclean. When things are out of order. When things are messy. Because I lived in a mess as a child.
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Gordon B. Hinckley
American Clergyman
We cannot be unclean and expect the help of the Almighty.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
An unclean person is universally a slothful one.
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