unclean

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
14
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ʌnˈkliːn/

Definition of unclean

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Dirty, soiled or foul.
    “They were gnawing, like beasts, upon unclean food. A pot boiled upon the edge of the fire, and out of it one of the creatures would occasionally drag a hunk of meat with a sharpened stick.”
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adj

  1. Dirty, soiled or foul.
    “They were gnawing, like beasts, upon unclean food. A pot boiled upon the edge of the fire, and out of it one of the creatures would occasionally drag a hunk of meat with a sharpened stick.”
  2. Not moral or chaste.
    “I stand amazed in the presence / Of Jesus, the Nazarene, / And wonder how He could love me, / A sinner, condemend, unclean.”
  3. Ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit.

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Etymology

From Middle English unclene, from Old English unclǣne, equivalent to un- + clean.

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