lacking moral, spiritual, ritual, or physical cleanliness
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un•clean /ʌnˈklin/USA pronunciation
adj., -er, -est.
un•clean•ness, n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- not clean;
dirty. - morally impure:unclean thoughts.
un•clean•ness, n. [uncountable]
un•clean
(un klēn′),USA pronunciation adj., -er, -est.
un•clean′ness, n.
- not clean;
dirty. - morally impure;
evil;
vile:unclean thoughts. - Bible[Chiefly Biblical.]having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to the laws, esp. the dietary or ceremonial laws:an unclean animal; unclean persons.
- Middle English unclene, Old English unclǣne. See un-1, clean bef. 900
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged soiled, filthy.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged base, unchaste, sinful, corrupt, polluted.
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