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dirtiness

  • a word derived from dirty.

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“I think that takes away a lot of the dirtiness of it because, you know, you’re wiping it down for them, you’re cleaning it before you give them something.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

Mother-of-four Angelina Fosu, who has lived in James Turner Street since 2017, said: "The dirtiness and the rats are too much - inside the house, in our rooms. They need to clean the streets."

From BBC • Feb. 29, 2024

Predictably, each side saw dirtiness in the play through its own prism.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2021

Dirty dishes sat in the sink, and the dirtiness of the house made me certain I wasn't hungry for the food Dad offered us.

From Salon • May 2, 2020

But that increased the bomb’s overall power, which created an absolute increase in dirtiness.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik