un·clean

(ŭn-klēn′)

adj. un·clean·er, un·clean·est

1. Foul or dirty.

2. Morally defiled.

3. Ceremonially impure.

un·clean′ness n.

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unclean

(ʌnˈkliːn)

adj

lacking moral, spiritual, ritual, or physical cleanliness

unˈcleanness n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

un•clean

(ʌnˈklin)

adj. , -er, -est.

1. not clean; dirty.

2. morally impure; vile.

3. having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to Biblical laws.

[before 900]

un•clean′ness, n.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.	1.	unclean - 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" dirty, soiled untidy - not neat and tidy; "careless and untidy in her personal habits"; "an untidy living room"; "untidy and casual about money"
	2.	unclean - having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws; "unclean meat"; "and the swine...is unclean to you"-Leviticus 11:3 impure faith, religion, religious belief - a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality" impure - combined with extraneous elements clean - ritually clean or pure

unclean

adjective dirty, soiled, foul, contaminated, polluted, nasty, filthy, defiled, impure, scuzzy (slang, chiefly U.S.), skanky (slang) By bathing in unclean water, they expose themselves to contamination.
dirty clean, pure, spotless, flawless, faultless, unblemished, unsullied, unstained

1. immoral, corrupt, impure, evil, dirty, nasty, foul, polluted, filthy, scuzzy (slang, chiefly U.S.) unclean thoughts

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

unclean

adjective

1. Covered or stained with or as if with dirt or other impurities:

black, dirty, filthy, grimy, grubby, smutty, soiled, uncleanly.

2. Not chaste or moral:

immoral, impure, unchaste, uncleanly.

3. Ceremonially or religiously unfit:

impure.

Translations

غَيْر طاهِر، نَجِس

nečistý

uren

unrein

musträpane

epäpuhdaslikainen

impur

nečistprljav

óhreinn

sporco

netīrīgsnetīrs

onrein

нечистый

nečistý

orensmutsig

kirli pis

不纯洁的肮脏的

unclean

[ˈʌnˈkliːn] ADJ

1. (= dirty) [person, hands, room] → sucio

2. (= impure) [person, animal, activity, thoughts] → impuro

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

unclean

[ʌnˈkliːn] adj

(= dirty) [water] → malsain(e); [room, hands] → malpropre

(RELIGION) (= impure) [person, thoughts, animal, food] → impur(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

unclean

adj → unsauber (also Bibl); (Rel) animal → unrein; thoughts → unkeusch; (fig: = contaminated) → schmutzig

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

unclean

[ʌnˈkliːn] adj → sporco/a (fig) (Rel) → immondo/a

unclean

(anˈkliːn) adjective

(eg of food) not pure. The Jews are not allowed to eat pork, as pigs are considered unclean.

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Peter which taught him that there was nothing common or unclean. Shakespeare had seen that vision.

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"All things come alike to all; there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not; as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

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Its treasure to the Lord, And filled the unclean leper's house

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To everything cleanly am I well disposed; but I hate to see the grinning mouths and the thirst of the unclean.

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Beside, there is something essentially unclean about this diet and all flesh, and I began to see where housework commences, and whence the endeavor, which costs so much, to wear a tidy and respectable appearance each day, to keep the house sweet and free from all ill odors and sights.

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One unclean rag was about me, my hair a black tangle: no doubt my discoverers thought me a madman.

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This gift will be a pledge of your purity of heart to her whom you select to be your worthy helpmeet in Masonry." And after a pause, he added: "But beware, dear brother, that these gloves do not deck hands that are unclean." While the Grand Master said these last words it seemed to Pierre that he grew embarrassed.

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As he watches the spasmodic shoots and darts that break out of her face and limbs, like fitful lightning out of a dark sky, some contagion in them seizes upon him: insomuch that he has to withdraw himself to a lean arm-chair by the hearth--placed there, perhaps, for such emergencies--and to sit in it, holding tight, until he has got the better of this unclean spirit of imitation.

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But though I was safe for the moment, I was not destined to remain long under his protection, for he was one of those who hold all dogs to be unclean, and that all the washing in the world will hardly purify you from their contact.

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The wide-spread grunting drove came on in a surging mass, and without showing any respect for Don Quixote's dignity or Sancho's, passed right over the pair of them, demolishing Sancho's entrenchments, and not only upsetting Don Quixote but sweeping Rocinante off his feet into the bargain; and what with the trampling and the grunting, and the pace at which the unclean beasts went, pack-saddle, armour, Dapple and Rocinante were left scattered on the ground and Sancho and Don Quixote at their wits' end.

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They cooked their meat before they ate it and they shunned many articles of food as unclean that Tarzan had eaten with gusto all his life and so insidious is the virus of hypocrisy that even the stalwart ape-man hesitated to give rein to his natural longings before them.

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"There are traditions still extant among the people of Slavs of the true faith suffering under the yoke of the 'unclean sons of Hagar.' The people have heard of the sufferings of their brethren and have spoken."

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