unclean
Example Sentences
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Politicians in Washington are certainly amoral, but their hands are not merely unclean with dirt, but also incarnadined and besmirched with innocent blood.
From Washington Post
The U.S. has said the whole case should be dismissed because Iran has "unclean hands" and the asset seizures were the result of Tehran's alleged sponsoring of terrorism.
From Reuters
“These can be very dangerous” because of the risk of perforation of the colon or an infection introduced by unclean equipment, she said.
From Seattle Times
At that time he was living with his mother and five brothers in north-west London in what social workers described as a "chaotic" and "extremely unclean" house.
From BBC
And that seems to be Kafka's intention, as the German word he uses for Gregor's new form, "Ungeziefer," suggests a bug, a vermin and, in Old High German, an unclean animal unfit for sacrifice.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
