UNCLEANNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does uncleanness mean? 

• UNCLEANNESS (noun)
  The noun UNCLEANNESS has 1 sense:

1. the state of being unsanitary

  Familiarity information: UNCLEANNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNCLEANNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being unsanitary

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

dirtiness; uncleanness

Hypernyms ("uncleanness" is a kind of...):

sanitary condition (the state of sanitation (clean or dirty))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "uncleanness"):

feculence (something that is feculent)

dirt; filth; grease; grime; grunge; soil; stain (the state of being covered with unclean things)

befoulment; defilement; pollution (the state of being polluted)

dinge; dinginess (discoloration due to dirtiness)

dustiness (the state of being covered with dust)

griminess; grubbiness (the state of being grimy)

smuttiness; sootiness (the state of being dirty with soot)

sordidness; squalidness; squalor (sordid dirtiness)

Derivation:

unclean (soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime)

unclean (having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws)