adjective
unclean
un-KLEEN/ˌʌnˈkliːn/
Contaminated or lacking cleanliness.
The unclean plate and fork are coated with grime.
Etymology
Negating clæne denied purity, not just freedom from dirt. Unclean already described moral or ceremonial impurity in Old English; the recorded sense of being physically dirty came later.
In context
dirt is unclean there's no life in it whereas soil is important soil is something that we grow in
More examples
- Unclean drinking water can spread disease.
- Wash any unclean utensils before preparing food.
- Their religious rules classify certain foods as unclean.
Forms
unclean · uncleaner · uncleanest
uncleanliness noun — The condition of being dirty or unsanitary.