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as in corrupt
having or showing lowered moral character or standards
there's something unclean about this whole business
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as in filthy
not clean
a lackadaisical waiter who tried to set our table with smudged glasses and unclean silverware
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Recent Examples of unclean
The convenience store received health citations for major issues including unclean surfaces and improper food storage.
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Hannah Poukish, Sacramento Bee, 10 Jan. 2025
As more companies experiment with generative AI, many find their projects fail due to unclean or inaccurate data.
—Adrian Swinscoe, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Produce can also be contaminated in processing centers by workers or unclean surfaces or equipment, or in distribution trucks.
—Emily Schmall, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
Ingesting water from an unclean bottle can result in gastrointestinal or respiratory issues, says Qinchun Rao, a professor of Food and Nutrition at Florida State University.
—Kayla Blanton, Outside Online, 17 Nov. 2024
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This is part of the most corrupt bargain in American history. KARL: But are their counterpunches having any impact at all?—
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Eric Adams has been a lousy mayor for the most part, one who couldn’t see the loaf for the crumbs and squandered his political capital on maintaining a dizzying array of corrupt friends and cronies.—
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This was to help end the puppy mill industry, where dogs are bred en masse, leading them to be born and raised in filthy and neglected conditions.—
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The boys all came home, filthy and with unbrushed teeth.—
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Gazans cheer, blast music as Hamas conducts sick parade of hostages Hamas paraded Israeli hostages Eliya Cohen, Omer Shem Tov and Omer Wenkert in front of a cheering crowd Saturday, before releasing them after more than 500 days in captivity.—
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One family has a sick child who could be heard crying in the background during a call between Herischi and Panamanian officials.—
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Surrounded by plenty of enemies, political and otherwise, the husband and wife have no choice but to get their hands dirty in order to save their son.—
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Evans recommends carving out some time to complete tasks like returning dirty dishes or mugs from elsewhere in the house to the sink.—
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Against the backdrop of a degraded web, the improbable success of a volunteer-run website attempting to gather all the world’s knowledge is something to celebrate, not destroy.—
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Microplastics are tiny fragments of degraded polymers that are found in the environment, including our air, water and soil, a news release explained.—
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Outside the dusty settlement of Bearii, amid an otherwise barren landscape, a green oasis has emerged.—
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The volunteer, Deb Manley, walked into the dusty basin and snapped a photo of the eye-catching plant, then shared it on iNaturalist — a social media platform for sharing pictures of flora and fauna.—
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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.—
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There are no glamorous furnishings — just a French window, its blackened panes suggesting the dark of night.—
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Hansen stripped off her knee pads, helmet, elbow pads, cave pack and muddy boots — after finishing her qualifications to lead cave tours at the national monument — and began to cry.—
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Evidence of bygone civilizations has been steadily deposited on the river’s muddy bottom for modern archaeologists to mine.—
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“Unclean.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unclean. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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