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Unclean

Unclean Meaning & Definition
Unclean Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Unclean?

[adj] soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"
[adj] (religion) ritually unclean or impure; "and the swine...is unclean to you"-Leviticus 11:3

Synonyms | Synonyms for Unclean: bedraggled | befouled | begrimed | bespattered | besplashed | black | buggy | defiled | dingy | dirty | draggled | dust-covered | dusty | faecal | fecal | feculent | filthy | flyblown | foul | fouled | greasy | grimy | grubby | grungy | lousy | maculate | mucky | muddy | nasty | nonkosher | oily | raunchy | scummy | smeared | smirched | smudged | smudgy | snot-nosed | snotty | soiled | sordid | spattered | splashed | squalid | terefah | travel-soiled | travel-stained | tref | unswept | untouchable | unwashed

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See Also | impure | unclean | untidy

Unclean In Webster's Dictionary

\Un*clean"\, a. [AS. uncl?ne. See {Unnot}, and {Clean}.] 1. Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy. 2. Ceremonially impure; needing ritual cleansing. He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. --Num. xix. 11. 3. Morally impure. ``Adultery of the heart, consisting of inordinate and unclean affections.'' --Perkins. -- {Un*clean"ly}, adv. -- {Un*clean"ness}, n. {Unclean animals} (Script.), those which the Israelites were forbidden to use for food. {Unclean spirit} (Script.), a wicked spirit; a demon. --Mark i. 27.

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