unwashed

Example Sentences

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Door handles, faucet knobs, and flush levers tend to be more contaminated because they are frequently touched, often with unwashed hands.

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

Modi, as the Italian was affectionately called, was urbane, well-groomed and handsome, while Soutine was destitute, sickly and notoriously unwashed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

He could smell unwashed bodies in the cramped room he shared with 40 detainees.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2025

Clothes go unwashed and families can’t bathe their children properly, meaning skin diseases and diarrhoea are widespread.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2024

The principal looked at Brian and me, with our unwashed hair and our thin desert clothes.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls