What does unclean mean?

Definitions for unclean
ʌnˈklinun·clean

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. dirty, soiled, uncleanadjective

    soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime

    "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"

  2. unclean, impureadjective

    having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws

    "unclean meat"; "and the swine...is unclean to you"-Leviticus 11:3

Wiktionary

  1. uncleanadjective

    dirty, soiled or foul

  2. uncleanadjective

    not moral or chaste

  3. uncleanadjective

    ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Uncleannoun

    Charon,
    A sordid god: down from his hoary chin
    A length of beard descends, uncomb’d, unclean. Dryden.

    Priests are patterns for the rest;
    The gold of heav’n, who bear the God impress’d:
    But when the precious coin is kept unclean,
    The sov’reign’s image is no longer seen.
    If they be foul, on whom the people trust,
    Well may the baser brass contract a rust. Dryden.

    Besides how vile, contemptible, ridiculous,
    What act more execrably unclean, profane? John Milton.

    What agonies must he endure? What difficulties overcome, before he can cleanse himself from the pollutions of sin, and be a fit inhabitant of that holy place, where no unclean thing shall enter? John Rogers, Sermons.

    Let them all encircle him about,
    And, fairy-like too, pinch the unclean knight,
    And ask him, why that hour of fairy revel,
    In their so sacred paths he dares to tread,
    In shape profane. William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor.

    Some tree, whose broad, smooth leaves together sow’d,
    And girded on our loins, may cover round
    Those middle parts; that this new comer, shame,
    There sit not, and reproach us as unclean. John Milton.

ChatGPT

  1. unclean

    Unclean refers to an object, place, or person in a dirty, untidy, or disordered state. It can also imply being impure, contaminated, or polluted physically, spiritually, or morally. In many cultures and religions, unclean often denotes a state of ritual impurity.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Uncleanadjective

    not clean; foul; dirty; filthy

  2. Uncleanadjective

    ceremonially impure; needing ritual cleansing

  3. Uncleanadjective

    morally impure

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Unclean

    un-klēn′, adj. not clean: foul: (B.) ceremonially impure: sinful: lewd.—n. Unclean′liness.—adj. Unclean′ly.—n. Unclean′ness, the state or quality of being unclean: dirtiness: (B.) want of ceremonial purity: moral impurity: sinfulness.

Editors Contribution

  1. uncleanverb

    When something is clean, it is holy or acceptable to God. When it is unclean, it is unholy (such as an unclean spirit). The term can be used in a ritual sense to apply to moral standards for living.

    Tehorah streets inforce the testimony of the Holyman Christ Standard Bible to keep the people clear from unclean spirits and entities.

    Etymology: Disease


    Submitted by Tony_Elyon on September 13, 2023  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of unclean in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of unclean in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of unclean in a Sentence

  1. The Talmud:

    He who mixes with unclean things becomes unclean himself; he whose associations are pure becomes purer each day.

  2. Rachel Kyte:

    I personally think it is outrageous that with all of the capabilities we have, we've got women who have the choice of imperiling their children's health or eating because they have no alternative but unclean cooking. Or the entrepreneur that can't employ any more people because his power is one hour on, six hours off, so yes, we're going to get this done earlier.

  3. Isam Qahwash:

    The hardest part was getting the stroller through the unclean sidewalks, it seems like they move really slow cleaning the snow here in D.C..

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