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
  • Homewood Suites Charlotte Uptown The restaurant received 86% on June 30, with violations including employees in need of food safety training and unwashed hands.
    — Eva Flowe July 25, Charlotte Observer, 25 July 2026
  • Left unwashed, a swimsuit becomes a breeding ground for fungus and bacteria.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 20 July 2026
Definition of unwashed
Adjective
  • Nathu is told that the carcass is required for veterinary purposes, but it is later placed on the steps of a mosque to provoke Muslim anger since pigs are traditionally considered unclean in Islam.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
  • Unfortunately, during the early to mid-twentieth century, negative perceptions of immigrant and ethnic laborers led many outsiders to view their neighborhoods as unsafe, unclean, and detrimental to the social fabric of American cities.
    — Michelle Oliva-Espinosa, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026
Definition of unclean
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  • Dozens of people had spent almost a year living outside, filthy and exhausted, and for what?
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
  • From shabby apartments to art experiments to filthy needles—with echoes of Patti Smith and Rebecca Makkai—Adler conjures an era of sorrow borne by too many, too young.
    — Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 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
  • The land, unfenced, abuts a bald blackened hillside that must be public land.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Definition of blackened
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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
  • 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
  • During the second inspection, inspectors found decaying organic waste, wastewater, food residue, unsanitary conditions that allowed the breeding of flies, as well as live and dead flies along the northern perimeter of the warehouse.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026
  • One tent houses 12 of them as dirty water flows through the Gaza encampments, exposing all living there to unsanitary conditions.
    — Diaa Ostaz, ABC News, 24 July 2026
Definition of unsanitary
Adjective
  • Cover the stained area with the paste, and rub it in with a sponge.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 19 July 2026
  • Victorian mansions that survived great storms and eras of change take up whole blocks, colossal buildings with stained glass windows and towering turrets.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 15 July 2026
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“Uncleaned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncleaned. Accessed 31 Jul. 2026.

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