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Meanings of unclean in English

Portuguese
sujo
Catalan
brut
Spanish
sucio

Soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime.

      Related terms
      sujo
      Catalan
      impur
      Spanish
      impuro

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

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              impur
              Usage of unclean in English
              1
              Each year, millions of people acquire this infection by drinking unclean water.
              Pubmed
              2
              The behaviour of that unclean white madman is furious in the extreme.
              An Outcast of the Islands
              3
              Another source of colic in the breast-fed baby is the unclean nipple.
              The Mother and Her Child
              4
              But a pig is only the unclean animal-theforbidden of the prophet.
              American Notes
              5
              Mustn't allow the unclean rise of emotion get the better of him.
              Samurai
              6
              It has apparently been taken for granted that the cat was unclean.
              A Confederacy of Dunces
              7
              The unclean Jewess dwells here, who stops the rise of the Nile.
              The Pharaoh and the Priest: An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
              8
              I saw an unclean-feeder by the banks of the river of Time.
              Fifty-One Tales
              9
              Early Christian attitude toward woman as unclean and in league with demons.
              Taboo and Genetics / A Study of the Biological, Sociological and...
              10
              He looked around at all the evidences of unclean and sordid life.
              The Mischief-Maker
              11
              For he commanded the unclean spirit to go out of the man.
              The Bible, Douay-Rheims, New Testament
              12
              And in their synagogue there was a man with an unclean spirit.
              The Gospel of Mark for Readers
              13
              He was a dirty man in an unclean shirt and unkempt trousers.
              The Luck of Thirteen: Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro a...
              14
              Clean or unclean, I would rather not have her in my room.
              Spring Days
              15
              An unclean beard grew out of the caverns of his sunburnt cheeks.
              An Outcast of the Islands
              16
              He even commands with authority the unclean spirits and they obey Him.
              The Gospel of Mark for Readers
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              Translations for unclean
              Portuguese
              sujosujadosuja
              Unclean through the time
              Unclean across language varieties
              United Kingdom
              Common
              United States of America
              Less common