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Dictionary: un·washed   (ŭn-wŏsht', -wôsht') pronunciation
adj.
  1. Not washed; unclean.
  2. Plebeian: the unwashed masses.

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adjective

    Lacking high station or birth: baseborn, common, déclassé, declassed, humble, ignoble, lowly, mean2, plebeian, vulgar. Archaic base2. See over/under.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: of or associated with the great masses of people
  Synonyms: common, plebeian, vulgar

Meaning #2: not cleaned with or as if with soap and water


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - uvasket, uskyllet

idioms:

  • the great unwashed    den store hob

Nederlands (Dutch)
ongewassen

Français (French)
adj. - sale, non lavé, pas lavé, plébéien
n. - la populace (péj, hum)

idioms:

  • the great unwashed    la Populace

Deutsch (German)
adj. - ungewaschen, ungespült, unrein
n. - Schmutzige(r)

idioms:

  • the great unwashed    der Pöbel

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - άπλυτος
n. pl. - ο χύδην όχλος, η πλεμπάγια

idioms:

  • the great unwashed    ο χύδην όχλος, η πλεμπάγια

Italiano (Italian)
sporco

idioms:

  • the great unwashed    la plebe

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - não lavado, sujo
n. pl. - roupa suja

idioms:

  • the great unwashed    a plebe, o populacho

Русский (Russian)
немытый, нестиранный

idioms:

  • the great unwashed    чернь, толпа

Español (Spanish)
adj. - sin lavar, sucio
n. - grupo de la clase social baja

idioms:

  • the great unwashed    el populacho

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - otvättad, odiskad, smutsig
n. pl. - otvättade

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
没有洗的, 无知的, 不清洁的

idioms:

  • the great unwashed    群氓, 下层民众

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 沒有洗的, 無知的, 不清潔的

idioms:

  • the great unwashed    群氓, 下層民眾

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 씻지 않은, 서민의, 부주의한

idioms:

  • the great unwashed    하층사회, 하층민

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 洗ってない, 不潔な, きたない, 下層民の
n. - 下賎の者たち

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) غير مغسول, غير نظيف (الجمع) طبقه غير مثقفه أو ذات مستوى واطي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לא רחוץ, לא שטוף, לא נקי בד"כ‬


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