uncleanly
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They were soon removed, partly because of complaints they were being used in an "uncleanly manner".
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2022
The dim flicker of gas, often subdued and debilitated by grim and uncleanly globes, was supplanted by a steady glare, bright and mellow, which illuminated interiors and shown through windows fixed and unwavering.
From Slate ● Nov. 22, 2013
As the bedbug prefers an uncleanly environment, he is taboo as a subject of polite conversation.
From Time Magazine Archive
Personally, I would gladly enter a protest against the employment of the combined cooling and dressing room as a decidedly uncleanly habit.
From The Turkish Bath Its Design and Construction by Robert Owen Allsop
"We are simply ten minutes' walk from a most uncleanly land."
From Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu by Constance Fenimore Woolson
But unbeknown to most bathers, the boiler heating the water runs on a fuel with the uncleanliest of origins: pellets recycled from soiled adult diapers.
From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2021
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