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Unclean

//ʌnˈkliːn// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Dirty, soiled or foul.

    "They were gnawing, like beasts, upon unclean food. A pot boiled upon the edge of the fire, and out of it one of the creatures would occasionally drag a hunk of meat with a sharpened stick."

  2. 2
    Not moral or chaste.

    "I stand amazed in the presence / Of Jesus, the Nazarene, / And wonder how He could love me, / A sinner, condemend, unclean."

  3. 3
    Ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit.
Adjective
  1. 1
    soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime wordnet
  2. 2
    having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English unclene, from Old English unclǣne, equivalent to un- + clean.

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