as in unwashed
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Recent Examples of uncleaned
Left uncleaned, these spots can make the whole room smell musty.
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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
As a result, some residents go without showers, rooms are left uncleaned and people needing close supervision are ignored, some of the former managers said.
—Christopher Rowland, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
The study found that uncleaned carpets may harbor substantial amounts of human hair, dead skin cells, plant matter and fungal spores.
—USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2024
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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
As a result, some residents go without showers, rooms are left uncleaned and people needing close supervision are ignored, some of the former managers said.
—Christopher Rowland, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
The study found that uncleaned carpets may harbor substantial amounts of human hair, dead skin cells, plant matter and fungal spores.
—USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncleaned
Adjective
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For their efforts, the scientists found that ice has a much harder time sticking to unwashed, greasy polar bear hair than to oily human hair.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Jan. 2025
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Here the West is unwashed — muddy, bloody, cold and mean.—
Alexis Soloski,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Cooked rice noodles were contaminated after an employee handled them with their bare hands after touching unclean items.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacramento Bee,
21 Feb. 2025
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These shifts in standards of care make uncovered, unclean stethoscopes culpable vectors in the event of infections during health care delivery.—
DiskCover,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Impacted national park and forest employees say fewer workers will lead to longer lines, filthy bathrooms and unsafe hiking and camping conditions at America's precious public lands.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC News,
24 Feb. 2025
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Between sweat, body oils, dust, dirt, hair, and grime, yoga mats, weights, and treadmills can get pretty filthy.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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Animal welfare organizations have long advocated for regulating purebred breeders, due to the many purebred pets that face neglect or abandonment after being bred in unsanitary conditions or for profit, something that Helen Woodward Animal Center echoes.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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In New York in the late 1920s, TB was more common among the poor who lived in crowded, often unsanitary conditions.—
Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi,
Discover Magazine,
8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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At a dingy desk with the help of a couple of oddball objects (Amy Rubin did the Expressionist zigzag of a set and Forest Entsminger the zany props), Mellor’s witness is describing a play to us.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2025
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The musical is named after an infamous club night that Bowery hosted, which opened in 1985 on a dingy corner of London’s Leicester Square.—
Tom Faber,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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