unclean

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

• IPA^(key): /ʌnˈkliːn/

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• Rhymes: -iːn

unclean (comparative uncleaner, superlative uncleanest)

1. Dirty, soiled or foul.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:unclean

   • 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 194:

     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. Not moral or chaste.
3. Ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit.