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uncleaner

uncleaner is the comparative form of unclean.

Meaning of unclean

Adjective

unclean (comparative uncleaner, superlative uncleanest)

  1. Dirty, soiled or foul.
    • They were gnawing, like beasts, upon unclean food. A pot boiled upon the edge of the fire, and out of it one of the creatures would occasionally drag a hunk of meat with a sharpened stick.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 194
  2. Not moral or chaste.
    • I stand amazed in the presence / Of Jesus, the Nazarene, / And wonder how He could love me, / A sinner, condemend, unclean.1905, Charles H. Gabriel, “My Savior's Love”, in E.O. Excell, editor, Praises, Chicago: E.O. Excell
  3. Ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit.

Questions about uncleaner

What is uncleaner the comparative form of?
Uncleaner is the comparative form of unclean.

Words near uncleaner in the dictionary

  1. unclean
  2. unclean hands
  3. uncleanable
  4. uncleaned
  5. uncleanenesse
  6. uncleaner
  7. uncleaness
  8. uncleanest
  9. uncleanlier
  10. uncleanliest
  11. uncleanlily

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