as in low
belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank
a TV producer who knew what the unwashed masses wanted—and unhesitatingly gave it to them
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as in masses
people looked down upon as ignorant and of the lowest class
Aunt Edna was fond of snootily reminding us that we need not take our manners from the great unwashed
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Recent Examples of unwashed
Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
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
High-risk foods include undercooked pork or beef, raw freshwater fish, and unwashed vegetables and fruits.
—Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
Carefully section your dry, unwashed hair with clips to help with the application process.
—Essence, 22 July 2025
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Adjective
Use them immediately, or freeze them unwashed in a resealable plastic bag to use later.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
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
High-risk foods include undercooked pork or beef, raw freshwater fish, and unwashed vegetables and fruits.
—Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
Carefully section your dry, unwashed hair with clips to help with the application process.
—Essence, 22 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unwashed
Adjective
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The 29-time PGA Tour winner has carded three rounds in the 60s, but hasn't been able to go low enough to be among the contenders.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Oct. 2025
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The pair keep a relatively low profile but have collaborated on productions including Wickline’s theater project, Dukes Forever, which Hornbuckle directed.—
Alyssa Davis,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Yet Empire Falls translates into a lumpen, stodgy miniseries, despite a fine central performance from Harris as a divorced diner owner with deep roots in the town and a structure that allows the past to keep informing and enriching the present.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
14 Apr. 2024
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Rhys spent decades, often isolated and paranoid, in lumpen houses and apartments in and out of London, before success arrived late.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
20 June 2022
Noun
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Hundreds of companies are a disorganized rabble.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Oct. 2025
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Steve heads up a reform school for volatile, cursing and rabble-rousing English boys, and his mental health is tested when a documentary crew shows up and word gets out the school is closing.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Bold hues are the name of the game, whether this means going for the kind of saturated, chili pepper–adjacent red that flooded the runways of labels like Ferragamo or embracing autumn’s fascination with all things deep purple, courtesy of an earrings pair that pays homage to the humble eggplant.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
13 Oct. 2025
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And Jacob, who’s so humble, Mia, and, of course, Christoph.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The movement of aid has increased through Israel’s border, but on a scale that Palestinians say falls short of the needs of a destitute populace.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
19 Oct. 2025
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That’s where the actual populace is.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Below that sits the pedestrian CLK 500 and plebeian CLK 350.—
Jeremy Korzeniewski,
Robb Report,
26 Feb. 2025
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Across the lake, on the plebeian side, up the shoreline a mile or so, in the heart of downtown West Palm Beach, stand twin 32-story towers dubbed Trump Plaza of the Palm Beaches.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The film and his character struck a chord with the Chinese public and Su saw his acting career blossom, going on to feature in several other films and television series.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
17 Oct. 2025
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If the war truly has come to something like an end, how will the American public remember it?—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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This new proletarian culture was personified in the ideal of the New Soviet Man.—
Sonja Fritzsche,
The Conversation,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Unwashed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unwashed. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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