as in unwashed
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Recent Examples of uncleaned
When your water surpasses that threshold, and/or other bacteria strains are introduced to the mix—like when a water bottle goes uncleaned after a workout—water safety is called into question.
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Kayla Blanton, Outside Online, 17 Nov. 2024
Left uncleaned, these spots can make the whole room smell musty.
—Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
Baseboards Because they're located near the floor and often out of sight, baseboards are a major dust collector and often go uncleaned.
—Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 July 2024
As a result, some residents go without showers, rooms are left uncleaned and people needing close supervision are ignored, some of the former managers said.
—Christopher Rowland, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
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Kayla Blanton, Outside Online, 17 Nov. 2024
Left uncleaned, these spots can make the whole room smell musty.
—Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
Baseboards Because they're located near the floor and often out of sight, baseboards are a major dust collector and often go uncleaned.
—Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 July 2024
As a result, some residents go without showers, rooms are left uncleaned and people needing close supervision are ignored, some of the former managers said.
—Christopher Rowland, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncleaned
Adjective
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The restaurant was in violation of 12 standards, including unwashed fruit and food stored on the floor.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Mar. 2025
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Bacteria on the outside of unwashed produce can transfer to the edible parts when peeled or sliced.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Droughts, which can lead people to resort to unclean water, triggered outbreaks in Zambia and Zimbabwe; floods, which can destroy infrastructure and contaminate drinking water, did so in Kenya.—
ByMartin Enserink,
science.org,
6 Feb. 2025
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Cooked rice noodles were contaminated after an employee handled them with their bare hands after touching unclean items.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacramento Bee,
21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Chicagoans will have no one to hold accountable at the ballot box when the buses don’t arrive and rail stations are filthy and crime-ridden.—
Forrest Claypool,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2025
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The plastic waste China received was filthy, much of it too dirty to be cleaned, shredded, and turned into new plastic.—
Scott W. Stern,
The Atlantic,
10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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It can also be transmitted through sharing personal care items (like a razor or toothbrush) or getting a tattoo or piercing from unsterilized equipment.—
Julia Ries,
SELF,
21 June 2023
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Out-of-control children were dosed with adult tranquilizers, administered through unsterilized needles, while many who fell ill received transfusions of unscreened blood.—
Cheri Lucas Rowlands,
Longreads,
21 Dec. 2020
Adjective
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In its time open, fueled by fans of its blackened mahi and buttery lobster rolls, owner Mike Smith has expanded his footprint, moving into a larger stall in the popular food hall — which has allowed for a menu expansion, as well.—
Amy Drew Thompson,
Orlando Sentinel,
6 Dec. 2022
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There are no glamorous furnishings — just a French window, its blackened panes suggesting the dark of night.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Oct. 2022
Adjective
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Employees were observed to only sanitize their gloved hands after touching insanitary surfaces and then resumed touching RTE food and various food contact surfaces.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
12 Jan. 2025
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In a civil complaint filed Sept. 27 in federal court, authorities allege that Rizo Lopez Foods violated the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act at the company’s facility in Modesto by manufacturing and distributing food products that have been prepared, packed or held under insanitary conditions.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Animal welfare organizations have long advocated for regulating purebred breeders, due to the many purebred pets that face neglect or abandonment after being bred in unsanitary conditions or for profit, something that Helen Woodward Animal Center echoes.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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In 2021, the FDA warned that some IV and hydration clinics used drug products prepared in unsanitary conditions.—
Stephanie Brown,
Verywell Health,
8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Basketball was so unimportant and the school was so chintzy that the athletic director, who also was the head football coach, made Sloan pay $107 out of his own pocket to have carpet installed in his dingy office.—
Mike Bianchi,
Orlando Sentinel,
20 Mar. 2025
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Carved out of the ground floor of the airport’s parking garage, this space was a temporary replacement for the dingy, crowded, original domestic terminal built 34 years prior, which was not handicap-accessible and had an inadequate baggage facility and a troublesome security layout.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Uncleaned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncleaned. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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