UNCLEANED Synonyms: 111 Similar and Opposite Words

uncleaned

adjective

Definition of uncleaned

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

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Cutting into unwashed produce can transfer bacteria or residue from the skin’s surface into the flesh via the knife.

— Bridget Shirvell, Martha Stewart, 13 Sep. 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

Some orphans, their faces filthy, walked the stands hawking candy.

— Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026
Myriad violations, from food that should’ve been trashed weeks earlier to filthy equipment, befouled the state inspection of a West Miami-Dade supermarket this week.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of filthy

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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
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

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

Prosecutors said the Santa Clara County Department of Family and Children’s Services was well aware that children had been living in unsanitary conditions in the home since at least 2019.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
In 2012 a compounding pharmacy called the New England Compounding Center started mass-producing medications in a setting that had been flagged as unsanitary numerous times.

— Alana Semuels, Time, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of unsanitary

Adjective

Set your iron to its lowest setting—no steam—and place the stained area between two paper towels or lint-free cloths.

— Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2026
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

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