unclean

  • 11unclean — un|clean [ˌʌnˈkli:n] adj 1.) biblical morally or spiritually bad ▪ an unclean spirit 2.) unclean food, animals etc are those that a particular religion says must not be eaten, touched etc 3.) dirty ▪ unclean drinking water >uncleanness n [U] …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 12unclean — un|clean [ ʌn klin ] adjective 1. ) MAINLY LITERARY morally wrong: IMPURE: unclean thoughts 2. ) unclean food or drink cannot be eaten or drunk by people belonging to a particular religion 3. ) FORMAL dirty or not pure: unclean drinking water …

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  • 13unclean — UK [ʌnˈkliːn] / US [ʌnˈklɪn] adjective 1) formal dirty, or not pure unclean drinking water 2) unclean food or drink cannot be eaten or drunk by people belonging to a particular religion 3) mainly literary morally wrong unclean thoughts …

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  • 14unclean — adjective 1 biblical morally or spiritually bad: an unclean spirit 2 unclean food, animals etc are those that must not be eaten, touched etc in a particular religion uncleanness noun (U) …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 15unclean — adjective 1) unclean premises Syn: dirty, filthy, grubby, grimy, mucky, foul, impure, tainted, grungy, sullied, soiled, unwashed; polluted, contaminated, infected, unsanitary, unhygienic, unh …

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  • 16unclean — Synonyms and related words: Adamic, Fescennine, Rabelaisian, abominable, arrant, atrocious, awful, backsliding, base, bawdy, beastly, beneath contempt, besmirched, black, blameworthy, blue, brutal, carnal, common, contaminated, contemptible,… …

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  • 17unclean hands — un·clean hands n pl: an equitable doctrine: a complainant will be denied relief if he or she has engaged in misconduct (as acting in bad faith) directly relating to the complaint; also: the condition of having engaged in such misconduct and being …

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  • 18Unclean animals — Unclean Un*clean , a. [AS. uncl?ne. See {Unnot}, and {Clean}.] 1. Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy. [1913 Webster] 2. Ceremonially impure; needing ritual cleansing. [1913 Webster] He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 19Unclean spirit — Unclean Un*clean , a. [AS. uncl?ne. See {Unnot}, and {Clean}.] 1. Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy. [1913 Webster] 2. Ceremonially impure; needing ritual cleansing. [1913 Webster] He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 20unclean bill of lading — ➔ bill of lading * * * unclean bill of lading UK US noun [C] (plural unclean bills of lading) (also foul bill of lading, also dirty bill of lading) COMMERCE, TRANSPORT ► a document showing the details of …

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