uncleaned

adjective

un·​cleaned ˌən-ˈklēnd How to pronounce uncleaned (audio)
: not cleaned
an uncleaned room
uncleaned water
uncleaned fish

Examples of uncleaned in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Prior tenants may have left behind drips of paint, uncleaned appliances or unresolved feelings, but only Lenin will remain as a person, albeit in spirit form. Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2023 The filter is meant to catch grease, so leaving it uncleaned will lead to a sticky mess on the filter and walls. Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 31 May 2023 Babies are left untended, bathrooms go uncleaned. San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2021 Desks going uncleaned between classes. Anthony Lonetree, Star Tribune, 17 Aug. 2020 This year’s inspection report found logging observations for suicidal inmates were out of compliance, jail doors were broken by inmates and multiple inmates complained about uncleaned laundry for those under crisis care. Dallas News, 16 Aug. 2022 One major roadblock to a successful AI implementation is that although organizations usually have petabytes of data, the data is often unorganized, uncleaned and unanalyzed and sitting in a number of systems from ERP to CRM. Anand Mahurkar, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022 The study found that uncleaned carpets may harbor substantial amounts of human hair, dead skin cells, plant matter and fungal spores. Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2022 Human waste accumulated in two hundred thousand cesspools, many of which went uncleaned for years. The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1721, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of uncleaned was in 1721

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“Uncleaned.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncleaned. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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