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unscavengered

unscavengered adjective: not cleaned by a street sweeper.

Adjective

unscavengered (not comparable)

  1. (UK, archaic) Not cleaned by a street sweeper.
    • The streets not being subjected to the influence of any police laws, were permitted to remain unpaved, were unscavengered, and consequently became the receptacles of the most disgusting offal.1833, The Westminster Review, volume 18, page 387

Origin of unscavengered

From un- + scavengered.

Questions about unscavengered

What does unscavengered mean?
Unscavengered means not cleaned by a street sweeper.
What part of speech is unscavengered?
Unscavengered is an adjective.

Words near unscavengered in the dictionary

  1. unscathedly
  2. unscathedness
  3. unscattered
  4. unscavengeable
  5. unscavenged
  6. unscavengered
  7. unscenic
  8. unscent
  9. unscented
  10. unscenting
  11. unscents

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