Associations to the word «Unclean»

Wiktionary

UNCLEAN, adjective. Dirty, soiled or foul.
UNCLEAN, adjective. Not moral or chaste.
UNCLEAN, adjective. Ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit.
UNCLEAN HANDS, noun. (legal) A doctrine of equity under which a court of law will not provide equitable relief to a party whose own conduct has been improper.

Dictionary definition

UNCLEAN, adjective. Soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves".
UNCLEAN, adjective. Having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws; "unclean meat"; "and the swine...is unclean to you"-Leviticus 11:3.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley