uncleanliness

Example Sentences

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I get very unhappy when people conflate criminality with disorder or uncleanliness, or with people who are suffering from addictions or mental illness, or who are unhoused.

From Slate • Aug. 15, 2025

“The uncleanliness is off the charts,” Kirkpatrick said, adding that it’s no fault of the department’s janitorial staff.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2024

This uncleanliness doesn’t only come from interaction with outsiders.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2023

In October, a whistleblower sent the FDA a 34-page document alleging falsifying of records and uncleanliness at the Sturgis plant.

From Washington Post • May 25, 2022

Something, a sense of foreboding, filled me, a quick sense of uncleanliness.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison