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
Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 1 June 2026
His clothes were torn, unwashed.
—Ayşegül Savaş, New Yorker, 24 May 2026
Store whole raw bell peppers in the refrigerator's crisper drawer, unwashed and unwrapped, for optimal freshness lasting one to two weeks.
—Aly Walansky, Southern Living, 19 May 2026
In-stock items must be returned unused and unwashed.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 28 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
Refrigerate, unwashed, in a plastic bag in crisper drawer up to 7 days.
—Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 1 June 2026
His clothes were torn, unwashed.
—Ayşegül Savaş, New Yorker, 24 May 2026
Store whole raw bell peppers in the refrigerator's crisper drawer, unwashed and unwrapped, for optimal freshness lasting one to two weeks.
—Aly Walansky, Southern Living, 19 May 2026
In-stock items must be returned unused and unwashed.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 28 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unwashed
Adjective
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
19 June 2026
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The proposal was designed to help stabilize the state budget and eliminate a structural deficit through July 2028, while also protecting smaller businesses with lower tax liability.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
19 June 2026
Noun
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Jongno's gay bars are concentrated on the more discreet second-floor levels overlooking Pocha Street, above the heterosexual rabble.—
Anton Hur,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 June 2026
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Though Export’s radical feminist art grew out of a particular political moment that had pretty much passed by the time Yuskavage began her career, the artists nonetheless share a rabble-rousing sensibility and an obsession with the unnerving visual punch of the female body.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
23 May 2026
Adjective
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But the earlier dolls were crude, lumpen things, a cross between a beanbag and a sculpted potato.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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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
Noun
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Pressure from a populace desperate to launder Colombia’s image from headlines of cocaine and civil war.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 June 2026
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Gentile da Foligno in Perugia Italy was one of the few regions in Latin Christendom where physicians organized into guilds in the fourteenth century and thus routinely treated the general populace, rather than merely the wealthier mercantile and aristocratic classes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
Adjective
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Hockney came from humble beginnings.—
Gina Kalsi,
PEOPLE,
12 June 2026
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This humble abode is the product of a new Keller ISD program that encourages students to gain real-world skills before entering the working world.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 June 2026
Noun
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Harry and his wife Meghan, who live in California, left the UK for North America in 2020 after stepping back from royal life, and have since been involved in a long-running, public falling out with his family.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
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Nothing is more important than the safety and well-being of our people, our customers, and the riding public.—
Bri Buckley,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
Adjective
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This one is about a regular old guy, a hedge knight in the plebeian population of Westeros, just trying to get by in a world that isn't kind to the common and poor.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
13 Jan. 2026
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Below that sits the pedestrian CLK 500 and plebeian CLK 350.—
Jeremy Korzeniewski,
Robb Report,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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All that loot pumped out of the Armenian proletariat, says the gaur, and for what.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Severin, on the other hand, represents the revolutionary proletariat.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Unwashed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unwashed. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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