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Recent Examples of uncleaned
Increased Energy Bills An uncleaned system may result in higher energy bills.
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Lauren David, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2025
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.
—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
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Lauren David, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncleaned
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Following the exit of John Galliano, Glenn Martens made his debut as creative director of Maison Margiela with an Artisanal collection honoring the house’s legacy of provocative, avant-garde fashions while also sticking an unwashed thumb in the eye of the numbing quiet luxury juggernaut.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
11 July 2025
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Mildew and mold are invisible causes of very real symptoms—and unwashed linens can be public enemy number one.—
Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott,
Southern Living,
14 June 2025
Adjective
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Uncut girls are often seen as unclean and unreligious among the citizens and diasporas of the African and Asian countries that practice cutting.—
Nariman El-Mofty Nariman El-Mofty,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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Did a packing cube come into contact with unclean surfaces, such as dirty hotel room floors or shared bathrooms?—
Jolie Kerr,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 June 2025
Adjective
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These words are so filthy, even 40 years later, that Tribune editors will only allow an edited version to be included here.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
11 July 2025
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The girl is so filthy that just one look at her gets across the idea that this lifestyle is repellent.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 July 2025
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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
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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
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Many of Cincinnati's migrants lived in unsanitary, overcrowded tenements that were badly neglected by landlords.—
Erin Couch,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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In the early 1900s, journalism, the muckrakers, became highly influential, raising awareness about many social ills, including child labor, unsafe working conditions and unsanitary food processing.—
Mary McNamara,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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In the opening moments of the eighth episode, Nina (Rachel Hilson) awakens chained to rusty pipes in a dingy warehouse after her cover as Russian interpreter is blown.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
4 July 2025
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But edgy, irreverent, artistic, dingy, grimy, slightly dangerous cool.—
Keith Pandolfi,
The Enquirer,
3 July 2025
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“Uncleaned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncleaned. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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