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Recent Examples of uncleaned
Those stains went uncleaned for weeks, even after the city flagged them for property managers.
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Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2025
Increased Energy Bills An uncleaned system may result in higher energy bills.
—Lauren David, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2025
When your water surpasses that threshold, and/or other bacteria strains are introduced to the mix—like when a water bottle goes uncleaned after a workout—water safety is called into question.
—Kayla Blanton, Outside Online, 17 Nov. 2024
Left uncleaned, these spots can make the whole room smell musty.
—Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2025
Increased Energy Bills An uncleaned system may result in higher energy bills.
—Lauren David, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2025
When your water surpasses that threshold, and/or other bacteria strains are introduced to the mix—like when a water bottle goes uncleaned after a workout—water safety is called into question.
—Kayla Blanton, Outside Online, 17 Nov. 2024
Left uncleaned, these spots can make the whole room smell musty.
—Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncleaned
Adjective
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Use them immediately, or freeze them unwashed in a resealable plastic bag to use later.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
5 Sep. 2025
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In the world's least developed countries, every two seconds a baby is born into unwashed hands due to a lack of water.—
Kelly Parsons,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The restaurant’s meat slicer was unclean with meat residue on the blade and blade housing.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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However, like everything else at this stand, these curds have a slight bitter astringency that may result from unclean frying oil.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
26 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Away from a filthy Superdome and Convention Center where they had been holed up for days.—
Suzette Hackney,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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Alexander pulled out a baby-blue melodica to lay down a filthy ska rhythm for his band.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Sep. 2025
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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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
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In a civil complaint filed Sept. 27 in federal court, authorities allege that Rizo Lopez Foods violated the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act at the company’s facility in Modesto by manufacturing and distributing food products that have been prepared, packed or held under insanitary conditions.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Three Arlington restaurants were temporarily closed and another establishment failed after inspectors found roaches and unsanitary conditions during the August 17-30 health inspections, according to data from the city and compiled by the Star-Telegram.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Sep. 2025
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The circumstances in Sacramento mirror similar reports across the country that immigrants are being kept inside overcrowded and unsanitary offices for multiple days.—
Mathew Miranda,
Sacbee.com,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Dip a microfiber cloth in the solution and saturate the stained area.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
6 Sep. 2025
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Hold the stained fabric taut and let the water flow from the back of the shirt to the front, allowing the water to push the stain away from the fabric rather than through it.—
Jolie Kerr,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Uncleaned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncleaned. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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