2
: morally or spiritually impure
3
: infected with a harmful supernatural contagion
also
: prohibited by ritual law for use or contact
4
: lacking in clarity and precision of conception or execution
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Examples of unclean in a Sentence
Many of their health problems were caused by unclean living conditions.
there's something unclean about this whole business
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There’s a theme with her feeling shamed and unclean throughout the season.
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Olivia-Anne Cleary, TIME, 29 July 2024
Bero also cited how racist imagery and soap advertisements in the 1800s, including the notorious Pears’ Soap advertisements, depicted Black people as being dirty or unclean.
—L'oréal Blackett, refinery29.com, 23 Jan. 2024
If someone with asthma lives in an environment with pollution, secondhand smoke, mold, dust, or an unclean environment in general, that could be a trigger of their asthma.
—Claire Wolters, Verywell Health, 22 June 2024
Drinking unclean water may also cause stomach pain, vomiting, diarrhea, headache, fever, kidney failure, and hepatitis.
—Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 12 June 2024
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Olivia-Anne Cleary, TIME, 29 July 2024
Bero also cited how racist imagery and soap advertisements in the 1800s, including the notorious Pears’ Soap advertisements, depicted Black people as being dirty or unclean.
—L'oréal Blackett, refinery29.com, 23 Jan. 2024
If someone with asthma lives in an environment with pollution, secondhand smoke, mold, dust, or an unclean environment in general, that could be a trigger of their asthma.
—Claire Wolters, Verywell Health, 22 June 2024
Drinking unclean water may also cause stomach pain, vomiting, diarrhea, headache, fever, kidney failure, and hepatitis.
—Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 12 June 2024
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