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unwashedness

unwashedness noun: the property of being unwashed.

Noun

unwashedness (uncountable)

  1. The property of being unwashed.
    • Now that he is close to her, a faint smell of staleness, unwashedness, reaches him.1999, J. M. Coetzee, chapter 15, in Disgrace, New York: Viking, page 125

Origin of unwashedness

From unwashed + -ness.

Questions about unwashedness

What does unwashedness mean?
Unwashedness means the property of being unwashed.
What part of speech is unwashedness?
Unwashedness is a noun.

Words near unwashedness in the dictionary

  1. unwary
  2. unwashable
  3. unwashables
  4. unwashed
  5. unwashed masses
  6. unwashedness
  7. unwashen
  8. unwashenness
  9. unwasht
  10. unwastable
  11. unwaste

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