unclean
adjective
not clean; dirty.
uncleanness
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a word derived from
unclean.
Example Sentences
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Distrust, defeat, uncleanness, humiliation, sickness, death, terror, envy, anxiety and contempt.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2022
The Ab-i-Khonsar, which supplies the drinking water, percolates through "dead men's bones and all uncleanness."
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
But apparently to complete the type, the law gave to it the artificial contagion of ceremonial uncleanness, and banished the unhappy sufferer from the dwellings of men.
From The Gospel According to St. Mark by G. A. Chadwick
They were to take the usual steps for freeing themselves of all ceremonial uncleanness, and after the sacrifice they were to share the feast.
From The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by William Garden Blaikie
What must a woman have been through to want to grovel at this time of day in such uncleanness?
From Notes of a Son and Brother by Henry James
