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Recent Examples of uncleaned
The team found multiple uncleaned surfaces with lead levels above the EPA’s limits.
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Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
As a result, visitor centers have reduced hours, tours of popular attractions have been canceled, lines have spiraled, bathrooms may go uncleaned, habitat restoration has ceased and water has gone unchecked for toxic algae.
—Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2025
The National Park System has been thrown into chaos with massive cuts among full-time employees, threatened closure of some parks, uncleaned bathrooms and on-again, off-again hiring of temporary employees.
—Bob Rawitch, Orange County Register, 4 Mar. 2025
Those stains went uncleaned for weeks, even after the city flagged them for property managers.
—Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2025
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Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
As a result, visitor centers have reduced hours, tours of popular attractions have been canceled, lines have spiraled, bathrooms may go uncleaned, habitat restoration has ceased and water has gone unchecked for toxic algae.
—Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2025
The National Park System has been thrown into chaos with massive cuts among full-time employees, threatened closure of some parks, uncleaned bathrooms and on-again, off-again hiring of temporary employees.
—Bob Rawitch, Orange County Register, 4 Mar. 2025
Those stains went uncleaned for weeks, even after the city flagged them for property managers.
—Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncleaned
Adjective
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Fill a glass, like a mason jar, with water and place your unwashed cilantro in it.—
Stacey Lastoe,
Southern Living,
19 Feb. 2026
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Wash them just before using them but be sure to store them unwashed.—
Cathy Thomas,
Oc Register,
26 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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About three unclean knives were observed on the magnet storage.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
February 13,
Sacbee.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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According to a case document, those personnel described her motor home as unclean, unheated, and without a bed.—
Logan Smith,
CBS News,
8 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Kelli Bryant, 34, was facing three counts each of child abuse related to allegedly forcing her three children, a 15-year-old boy and a 13- and 12-year-old girl, to live in unbearable, filthy conditions in an apartment on Lydia Lane.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Other parts of the ballpark, including the exterior concourse and entrances, were also impacted by the filthy leaks, which stunk to high heaven.—
Gary Phillips,
Hartford Courant,
22 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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It can also be transmitted through sharing personal care items (like a razor or toothbrush) or getting a tattoo or piercing from unsterilized equipment.—
Julia Ries,
SELF,
21 June 2023
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The aim is to slow the spread of diseases like hepatitis C that can spread when inmates try to tattoo themselves or each other with unsterilized tools like electric motors and ballpoint pens and share contaminated needles.—
From USA TODAY Network and wire reports,
USA TODAY,
18 Apr. 2022
Adjective
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The land, unfenced, abuts a bald blackened hillside that must be public land.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
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In its time open, fueled by fans of its blackened mahi and buttery lobster rolls, owner Mike Smith has expanded his footprint, moving into a larger stall in the popular food hall — which has allowed for a menu expansion, as well.—
Amy Drew Thompson,
Orlando Sentinel,
6 Dec. 2022
Adjective
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The company issued the recall because the shrimp may have been prepared, packed or held under insanitary conditions whereby they may have become contaminated with cesium-137 (Cs-137).—
Chad Murphy,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
22 Sep. 2025
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Employees were observed to only sanitize their gloved hands after touching insanitary surfaces and then resumed touching RTE food and various food contact surfaces.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
12 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Unfortunately, this keeps the bristles from drying quickly and can also result in an unsanitary puddle forming inside the holder.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
14 Feb. 2026
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CoreCivic, the private company that operates the facility, and Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin have denied the accusations of unsanitary conditions and mistreatment of detainees.—
Mathew Miranda
February 6,
Sacbee.com,
6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Elsewhere in the photoshoot, Pattinson poses with a cigarette in his mouth, pants unbuttoned and in a stained shirt in a black-and-white photo.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
17 Feb. 2026
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Gently massage only the stained area.—
Olivia McIntosh,
Martha Stewart,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Uncleaned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncleaned. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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