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Dictionary: un·clean   (ŭn-klēn') pronunciation
adj., -clean·er, -clean·est.
  1. Foul or dirty.
  2. Morally defiled; unchaste.
  3. Ceremonially impure.
uncleanness un·clean'ness n.

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adjective

  1. Covered or stained with or as if with dirt or other impurities: black, dirty, filthy, grimy, grubby, smutty, soiled, uncleanly. See clean/dirty.
  2. Not chaste or moral: immoral, impure, unchaste, uncleanly. See good/bad, restraint/unrestraint, sex/asexual.
  3. Ceremonially or religiously unfit: impure. See clean/dirty, religion, sacred/profane.

Antonyms: unclean
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adj

Definition: dirty
Antonyms: clean, hygienic, uncontaminated, unpolluted


WordNet: unclean
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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
  Synonyms: dirty, soiled

Meaning #2: (religion) ritually unclean or impure
  Synonym: impure
  Antonym: clean (meaning #6)


Translations: Unclean
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - beskidt, uren, uregelmæssig, ufuldkommen

Nederlands (Dutch)
vuil, onrein, bevlekt, obsceen, onduidelijk

Français (French)
adj. - sale, (Relig) impur

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unrein

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ακάθαρτος, μιαρός

Italiano (Italian)
sporco, immondo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - sujo

Русский (Russian)
нечистый, неопрятный, отвратительный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - sucio, inmundo, desaseado, impuro

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - oren, omoralisk

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
不洁净的, 行为不检的, 不纯洁的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 不潔淨的, 行為不檢的, 不純潔的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 더러운, 음탕한, 분명하지 않은

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - よごれた, 純潔でない, 不浄の, 不明確な, みだらな

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) قذر, غير طاهر, نجس, دنس‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לא נקי, מטונף, טמא, טרף‬


 
 
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