uncleanly
adverb
in an unclean manner.
uncleanliness
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a word derived from
uncleanly.
Example Sentences
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I get very unhappy when people conflate criminality with disorder or uncleanliness, or with people who are suffering from addictions or mental illness, or who are unhoused.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2025
This uncleanliness doesn’t only come from interaction with outsiders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2023
In October, a whistleblower sent the FDA a 34-page document alleging falsifying of records and uncleanliness at the Sturgis plant.
From Washington Post ● May 25, 2022
And what better symbol of impurity and uncleanliness and contamination than a bathroom?
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2022
Something, a sense of foreboding, filled me, a quick sense of uncleanliness.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
