Example Sentences

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“Grease leaks from an uncleaned ceiling vent fan onto cooking chicken.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2025

But if you leave an uncleaned duct system long enough, you’ll eventually start noticing lower efficiency and odors if debris or pests have gotten into it.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2024

HVA teams found poor dyke maintenance, uncleaned riverbeds and overlapping roles in flood defence management, its CEO Miltiadis Gkouzouris told Reuters.

From Reuters • Nov. 21, 2023

On the left is its uncleaned counterpart for comparison.

From The Verge • Nov. 9, 2021

The health inspector left; the yard went uncleaned.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane