unclean

1. Soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime (synset 300420808)
   "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"
   also: untidy - not neat and tidy
   tells us about: cleanness - the state of being clean; without dirt or other impurities
   similar to:

   • augean - extremely filthy from long neglect
   • bedraggled, draggled - limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud
   • befouled, fouled - made dirty or foul
   • begrimed, dingy, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy - thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
   • black, smutty - soiled with dirt or soot
   • buggy - infested with bugs
   • cobwebby - covered with cobwebs
   • dirty-faced - having a dirty face
   • feculent - foul with waste matter
   • filthy, foul, nasty - disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter
   • flyblown, sordid, squalid - foul and run-down and repulsive
   • greasy, oily - smeared or soiled with grease or oil
   • lousy - infested with lice
   • maculate - spotted or blotched
   • mucky, muddy - dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck
   • ratty - dirty and infested with rats
   • scummy - covered with scum
   • smudgy - smeared with something that soils or stains; these words are often used in combination
   • snot-nosed, snotty - dirty with nasal discharge
   • sooty - covered with or as if with soot
   • travel-soiled, travel-stained - soiled from travel
   • uncleanly - habitually unclean
   • unswept - not having been swept
   • unwashed - not cleaned with or as if with soap and water
   same as: dirty, soiled
2. Having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws (synset 300429283)
   "unclean meat"; "and the swine...is unclean to you"
   also: impure - combined with extraneous elements
   referred to in: faith, religion, religious belief - a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
   similar to:

   • nonkosher, terefah, tref - not conforming to dietary laws
   • untouchable - (especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes) defiling
   same as: impure

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