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
After a few words about the Fountain opened for sin and uncleanness, the speaker passed out, leaving the people with their eyes fixed upon the clock, and their thoughts upon the Saviour.
From The Man with the Book or, The Bible Among the People. by John Matthias Weylland
Purify, pū′ri-fī, v.t. to make pure: to cleanse from foreign or hurtful matter: to free from guilt or uncleanness: to free from improprieties or barbarisms, as language.—v.i. to become pure:—pa.t. and pa.p. pū′rifīed.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
A literally "smashing" business was carrying on, but with an uncleanness that for many months impaired my predilection for this delicate crustacean.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake
For years he had walked in ways of uncleanness, but he was now just waking from his awful sleep and turning his thoughts toward home.
From The Whole Armour of God by John Henry Jowett
