"unclean" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ʌnˈkliːn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unclean.wav [Southern-England] Forms: uncleaner [comparative], uncleanest [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːn Etymology: From Middle English unclene, from Old English unclǣne, equivalent to un- + clean. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|unclene}} Middle English unclene, {{inh|en|ang|unclǣne}} Old English unclǣne, {{prefix|en|un|clean}} un- + clean Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} unclean (comparative uncleaner, superlative uncleanest)
  1. Dirty, soiled or foul. Categories (topical): Hygiene Translations (dirty, soiled or foul): ἀκάθαρτος (akáthartos) (Ancient Greek), мръсен (mrǎsen) (Bulgarian), brut (Catalan), urenlig (Danish), onrein (Dutch), must (Estonian), räpane (Estonian), likainen (Finnish), epäpuhdas (Finnish), 𐌿𐌽𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (unhrains) (Gothic), 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌼𐌼𐍃 (gawamms) (Gothic), impūrus (Latin), netīrs (Latvian), neuglen (Manx), poke (Maori), paru (Maori), paruparu (Maori), maniheko (Maori), ureinslig (Norwegian Bokmål), urenslig (Norwegian Bokmål), ureinsleg (Norwegian Nynorsk), پیس (pis) (Ottoman Turkish), مردار (murdar) (Ottoman Turkish), سخا (sxâ) (Pashto), خيرن (xirën) (Pashto), orrein (Plautdietsch), sujo (Portuguese), havahava (Rapa Nui), murdar (Romanian), нечи́стый (nečístyj) (Russian), гря́зный (grjáznyj) (Russian), нѐчист [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), пр̏љав [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), nèčist [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), pȑljav [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), lolo (Sundanese), smutsig (Swedish), oren (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-unclean-en-adj-ZHlk7bxd Disambiguation of Hygiene: 44 16 40 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 22 37 41 Disambiguation of 'dirty, soiled or foul': 97 1 2
  2. Not moral or chaste. Categories (topical): Hygiene Translations (not moral or chaste): ἀκάθαρτος (akáthartos) (Ancient Greek), неморален (nemoralen) (Bulgarian), impur (Catalan), onrein (Dutch), räpane (Estonian), likainen (Finnish), impur (French), unrein (German), nešķīsts (Latvian), neķītrs (Latvian), -a peu (Maore Comorian), سخا (sxâ) (Pashto), orrein (Plautdietsch), impuro (Portuguese), imoral (Romanian), necurat (Romanian), амора́льный (amorálʹnyj) (Russian), непристо́йный (nepristójnyj) (Russian), гря́зный (grjáznyj) (Russian), по́шлый (póšlyj) (Russian), oren (Swedish), snuskig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-unclean-en-adj-Uq9uTAJF Disambiguation of Hygiene: 44 16 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 52 44 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 53 43 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 22 37 41 Disambiguation of 'not moral or chaste': 1 98 2
  3. Ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit. Categories (topical): Hygiene Translations (ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit): κοινός (koinós) (Ancient Greek), нечестив (nečestiv) (Bulgarian), onrein (Dutch), saastainen (Finnish), epäpuhdas (Finnish), impur (French), unrein (German), gemein [archaic] (German), טָמֵא (tamé) (Hebrew), tisztátalan (Hungarian), -a ntsama (Maore Comorian), orrein (Plautdietsch), -chafu (Swahili), najisi (Swahili)
    Sense id: en-unclean-en-adj-7RUe7DIR Disambiguation of Hygiene: 44 16 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 52 44 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 22 37 41 Disambiguation of 'ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit': 2 3 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: impure Derived forms: unclean hands Related terms: corrupt, defiled, despicable

Inflected forms

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          "word": "خيرن"
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          "word": "havahava"
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          "word": "нечи́стый"
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          "sense": "dirty, soiled or foul",
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          "sense": "not moral or chaste",
          "word": "neķītrs"
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          "sense": "not moral or chaste",
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          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "sxâ",
          "sense": "not moral or chaste",
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          "sense": "not moral or chaste",
          "word": "orrein"
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        {
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "not moral or chaste",
          "word": "impuro"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "not moral or chaste",
          "word": "imoral"
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          "_dis1": "1 98 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "not moral or chaste",
          "word": "necurat"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "amorálʹnyj",
          "sense": "not moral or chaste",
          "word": "амора́льный"
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          "roman": "nepristójnyj",
          "sense": "not moral or chaste",
          "word": "непристо́йный"
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        {
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "grjáznyj",
          "sense": "not moral or chaste",
          "word": "гря́зный"
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        {
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      ],
      "word": "nèčist"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "dirty, soiled or foul",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "pȑljav"
    },
    {
      "code": "su",
      "lang": "Sundanese",
      "sense": "dirty, soiled or foul",
      "word": "lolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "dirty, soiled or foul",
      "word": "smutsig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "dirty, soiled or foul",
      "word": "oren"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nemoralen",
      "sense": "not moral or chaste",
      "word": "неморален"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "not moral or chaste",
      "word": "impur"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "not moral or chaste",
      "word": "onrein"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "not moral or chaste",
      "word": "räpane"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not moral or chaste",
      "word": "likainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not moral or chaste",
      "word": "impur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not moral or chaste",
      "word": "unrein"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "akáthartos",
      "sense": "not moral or chaste",
      "word": "ἀκάθαρτος"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "not moral or chaste",
      "word": "nešķīsts"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "not moral or chaste",
      "word": "neķītrs"
    },
    {
      "code": "swb",
      "lang": "Maore Comorian",
      "sense": "not moral or chaste",
      "word": "-a peu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "sxâ",
      "sense": "not moral or chaste",
      "word": "سخا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "not moral or chaste",
      "word": "orrein"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not moral or chaste",
      "word": "impuro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "not moral or chaste",
      "word": "imoral"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "not moral or chaste",
      "word": "necurat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "amorálʹnyj",
      "sense": "not moral or chaste",
      "word": "амора́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nepristójnyj",
      "sense": "not moral or chaste",
      "word": "непристо́йный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "grjáznyj",
      "sense": "not moral or chaste",
      "word": "гря́зный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "póšlyj",
      "sense": "not moral or chaste",
      "word": "по́шлый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not moral or chaste",
      "word": "oren"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not moral or chaste",
      "word": "snuskig"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nečestiv",
      "sense": "ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit",
      "word": "нечестив"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit",
      "word": "onrein"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit",
      "word": "saastainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit",
      "word": "epäpuhdas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit",
      "word": "impur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit",
      "word": "unrein"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "gemein"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "koinós",
      "sense": "ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit",
      "word": "κοινός"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tamé",
      "sense": "ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit",
      "word": "טָמֵא"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit",
      "word": "tisztátalan"
    },
    {
      "code": "swb",
      "lang": "Maore Comorian",
      "sense": "ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit",
      "word": "-a ntsama"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit",
      "word": "orrein"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit",
      "word": "-chafu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit",
      "word": "najisi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "unclean"
}

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