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uncleaned

adjective

Definition of uncleanednext
as in unwashed

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Recent Examples of uncleaned Researchers found that uncleaned caps released about 287 microplastic particles per liter into bottled water. — Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 5 July 2025 Two weeks passed, and the unregulated and uncleaned bathroom descended into filth. — Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 22 June 2025 The team found multiple uncleaned surfaces with lead levels above the EPA’s limits. — 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 See All Example Sentences for uncleaned
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncleaned
  1. unwashed
  2. unclean
  3. filthy
  4. unsterilized
  5. blackened
  6. insanitary
  7. unsanitary
  8. stained
Adjective
  • Refrigerate strawberries unwashed to prevent mold growth, and wash them under running water just before eating.
    — Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Some brought their unwashed laundry to a protest in the capital in August 2026.
    — Ivis García, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of unwashed
Adjective
  • Food prep including tomato cutting and slicing on an unclean surface.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Using unclean tools can introduce pathogens or diseases to your mint plants, potentially harming them and affecting future harvests.
    — Lauren Wellbank, Martha Stewart, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of unclean
Adjective
  • Jurors heard testimony from three of Alsheikh’s victims who said they were packed into small, filthy, cold, wet cells that were infested with insects and other vermin.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
  • That praise rings true more than a decade later thanks to joke after filthy joke, cameo after foul-mouthed cameo, scare after genuine scare.
    — Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of filthy
Adjective
  • 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
  • Animal shelters across the country have been battling a deacades-long pandemic of sorts dealing with the consequences of unvaccinated and unsterilized pets, from surrenders of pets to animal shelters to the needless euthanasia of homeless pets.
    — Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Sep. 2021
Definition of unsterilized
Adjective
  • The land, unfenced, abuts a bald blackened hillside that must be public land.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Definition of blackened
Adjective
  • 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
  • The company admitted that by January 2021 some employees were aware that the insanitary conditions were causing products to become contaminated.
    — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2024
Definition of insanitary
Adjective
  • In addition to homeless pets coming through the shelter, there has also been a huge increase in the amount of pet owners in need of help, seeking resources or found to have pets in unsafe and unsanitary conditions.
    — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Though each of the Ghetto’s three areas (the Ghetto Nuovo, the Ghetto Vecchio, and the Ghetto Nuovissimo) retained its own, distinct character until remarkably late, it was always cramped, unsanitary, and marred by privation.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of unsanitary
Adjective
  • Pushing those briars aside revealed a single splinter of stained glass, bright as a ruby and warm as blood.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • With stained glass, the gray light from outside is filtered through beautiful pieces of glass.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of stained

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“Uncleaned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncleaned. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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