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
Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
Refrigerate unwashed, in plastic bag in refrigerator crisper drawer generally up to 7 days.
—Cathy Thomas, Orange County Register, 1 Jan. 2025
Another option to assess training intensity is to look at how the unwashed masses train: to sift through reams of data looking for the patterns and variables that predict the best race performances.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 31 Dec. 2024
Besides the health concerns, unwashed skin simply doesn’t look its best.
—Lauryn Higgins, Time, 30 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
The brainwashed can’t conceive of themselves as brainwashed; to do so would indicate that the brain remains unwashed.
—Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
Refrigerate unwashed, in plastic bag in refrigerator crisper drawer generally up to 7 days.
—Cathy Thomas, Orange County Register, 1 Jan. 2025
Another option to assess training intensity is to look at how the unwashed masses train: to sift through reams of data looking for the patterns and variables that predict the best race performances.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 31 Dec. 2024
Besides the health concerns, unwashed skin simply doesn’t look its best.
—Lauryn Higgins, Time, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unwashed
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In the United States, a measles outbreak that originated in a part of West Texas that has a low vaccination rate continues to spread, and there have been more measles cases reported in the US this year than any other since the disease was declared eliminated a quarter-century ago.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
15 July 2025
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Europe’s Stoxx 600 index closed 0.06% lower on Monday, after shaving off losses late in the day to finish at a session high.—
Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
15 July 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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There was little-to-no doubt Jurgen Klopp’s side were going to defeat Ralf Rangnick’s under-interim-management rabble that day.—
Carl Anka,
The Athletic,
4 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement From start to finish, pure madness, amid a rabble that never calmed, never quieted, never quit.—
Bill Plaschke,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Your support has helped grow the team from its humble beginnings to an F1 powerhouse that laid claim to 6 Constructors Championships and 8 Drivers Championships.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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Other successes like Mark Cuban and Keke Palmer, who similarly came from humble beginnings, echo his frugal habits and anxieties.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
10 July 2025
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But the deeper concern goes beyond ice crystals, to the notion that government agencies are trying to poison the populace or affect weather patterns through geoengineering.—
Skyler Swisher,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 July 2025
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And so, Frank and Dennis took to shaking down the populace after Frank sprang for two police uniforms, Dee beat the hell out of the unhoused masturbator, and Charlie seized upon his undercover Serpico cop role to attempt a series of stings on his fellow corrupt fake cops.—
Dennis Perkins,
EW.com,
10 July 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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In Gallup’s 2024 honesty and ethics survey, the general American public's trust in 11 core professions, when averaged, was at a historic low.—
Emily Reynolds,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
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However, much of the American public didn’t buy that Epstein committed suicide.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
18 July 2025
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Somehow, this respectable foe of radicalism had organized the political realignment that broke up the Union, sustained the war that overthrew the South’s ruling class, and managed the struggle that emancipated its proletariat.—
Matthew Karp,
Harpers Magazine,
29 Apr. 2025
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As is the case with the aesthetics of people, exquisite lines can be found on patrician and proletariat cars alike.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Unwashed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unwashed. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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