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Synonyms & Antonyms of unclean
1
having or showing lowered moral character or standards
- there's something unclean about this whole business
Synonyms for unclean
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- bent
- [chiefly British],
- crooked,
- cutthroat,
- dishonest,
- unethical,
- unprincipled,
- unscrupulous
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2
not clean
- a lackadaisical waiter who tried to set our table with smudged glasses and unclean silverware
Synonyms for unclean
Words Related to unclean
- chaotic,
- cluttered,
- confused,
- disarranged,
- disarrayed,
- disheveled
- (or dishevelled),
- disordered,
- jumbled,
- littered,
- messed,
- messy,
- muddled,
- mussed,
- mussy,
- rumpled,
- scruffy,
- sloppy,
- slovenly,
- unkempt,
- untidy
- collied
- [chiefly British dialect],
- crocked
- [dialect],
- fuliginous,
- sooty
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“Unclean.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unclean. Accessed 26 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of unclean was before the 12th century
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