uncleanly

adj
/ʌnˈklɛnli/US/ʌnˈkliːnli/US

Etymology

From Middle English unclenly, onclenly, unclenely; compare Old English unclǣnlīce; equivalent to unclean + -ly.

  1. inherited from unclǣnlīc
  2. inherited from unclenlī

Definitions

  1. Dirty, unhygienic, not clean.

    • Prosodemic typhoid from its nature may be disseminated in innumerable ways, but is more frequently found in slum districts, where the habits of the people are uncleanly, or in districts where there is no adequate sewerage.
  2. Not pure in a moral or religious sense.

  3. not in a clean way

    not in a clean way; in an unclean way

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA