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uncleanness

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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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.uncleanness - the state of being unsanitaryuncleanness - the state of being unsanitary        
feculence - something that is feculent
sanitary condition - the state of sanitation (clean or dirty)
grime, grunge, soil, dirt, filth, grease, stain - the state of being covered with unclean things
befoulment, defilement, pollution - the state of being polluted
dinge, dinginess - discoloration due to dirtiness
dustiness - the state of being covered with dust
griminess, grubbiness - the state of being grimy
smuttiness, sootiness - the state of being dirty with soot
sordidness, squalidness, squalor - sordid dirtiness


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If you would avoid uncleanness, and all the sins, work earnestly, though it be at cleaning a stable.
for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed ap- pear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
The men who worked on the killing beds would come to reek with foulness, so that you could smell one of them fifty feet away; there was simply no such thing as keeping decent, the most careful man gave it up in the end, and wallowed in uncleanness.
 
 
 
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