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unclean
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un·clean  (n-kln)
adj. un·clean·er, un·clean·est
1. Foul or dirty.
2. Morally defiled; unchaste.
3. Ceremonially impure.

un·cleanness n.

unclean [ʌnˈkliːn]
adj
lacking moral, spiritual, ritual, or physical cleanliness
uncleanness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.uncleanunclean - 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"
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
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
immoral, corrupt, impure, evil, dirty, nasty, foul, polluted, filthy, scuzzy (slang, chiefly U.S.) unclean thoughts
Translations
unclean [ˈʌnˈkliːn] ADJ
1. (= dirty) [person, hands, room] → sucio
2. (= impure) [person, animal, activity, thoughts] → impuro

unclean [ʌnˈkliːn] adj
(= dirty) [water] → malsain(e); [room, hands] → malpropre
(RELIGION) (= impure) [person, thoughts, animal, food] → impur(e)

unclean
adjunsauber (also Bibl); (Rel) animalunrein; thoughtsunkeusch; (fig: = contaminated) → schmutzig

unclean [ʌnˈkliːn] adjsporco/a (fig) (Rel) → immondo/a
unclean [ʌnˈkliːn] adjsporco/a (fig) (Rel) → immondo/a

unclean
adj unclean [anˈkliːn]
(eg of food) not pure The Jews are not allowed to eat pork, as pigs are considered unclean. onrein غَيْر طاهِر، نَجِس нечист nečistý uren unrein ακάθαρτος, μιασμένος (μτφ.) impuro ebapuhas, roojane نا پاک epäpuhdas impur טָרֶף मैला, गंदा, अपावन nečist tisztát(a)lan óhreinn impuro けがれた 더럽혀진 nešvarus netīrīgs; netīrs tdk bersih onrein urein nieczysty sujo interzis нечистый nečistý nečist nečist oren สกปรก pis, kirli (食物等)不清潔的,污穢的 некошерний ناپاک không sạch


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