uncleanly

adjective

ˌən-ˈklen-lē How to pronounce uncleanly (audio)
Definition of uncleanlynext
as in filthy
not clean the uncleanly uniforms of the restaurant's staff

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncleanly
  1. filthy
  2. dusty
  3. stained
  4. dirty
  5. blackened
  6. muddy
  7. nasty
Adjective
  • Few things at airports irritate customers like filthy toilets or water on the restroom floor.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2026
  • His greatest series let people see a character who has revealed the filthiest, most shameful parts of themselves, and imagine them as a mirror.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of filthy
Adjective
  • Video of the remarkable rescue filmed by Osorio shows the tiny infant in a dusty bodysuit being carefully pulled out of the wreckage.
    — Rocio Munoz, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Others were more barren, with dusty volcanic rocks and jagged cliffs surrounding secluded turquoise coves.
    — Annie Daly, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of dusty
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
Definition of stained
Adjective
  • Following a perfect phone-cleaning routine Yes, your phone is dirty.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Cunningham delivered a receipt for a dirty foul on her teammate.
    — Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of dirty
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
  • If the picture stays muddy even in that scenario, ability was never the constraint.
    — Leslie Ellis, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The topsoil in the new lawn may not have settled by the time of the first cut and there may be some muddy spots from all the watering.
    — Amanda Tust, Architectural Digest, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of muddy
Adjective
  • Her boyfriend is nasty Sebastiano’s older soldier son Michelangelo (Lorenzo Richelmy), a true chip off the old block.
    — Jay Weissberg, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Beyond those obvious impediments, Elkins was coming off a nasty stoppage loss in his previous fight against Julian Erosa at UFC 314 in April 2025.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of nasty
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“Uncleanly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncleanly. Accessed 14 Aug. 2026.

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