as in unwashed
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Recent Examples of uncleaned
When your water surpasses that threshold, and/or other bacteria strains are introduced to the mix—like when a water bottle goes uncleaned after a workout—water safety is called into question.
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Kayla Blanton, Outside Online, 17 Nov. 2024
Left uncleaned, these spots can make the whole room smell musty.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncleaned
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The restaurant was in violation of 12 standards, including unwashed fruit and food stored on the floor.—
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Bacteria on the outside of unwashed produce can transfer to the edible parts when peeled or sliced.—
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Droughts, which can lead people to resort to unclean water, triggered outbreaks in Zambia and Zimbabwe; floods, which can destroy infrastructure and contaminate drinking water, did so in Kenya.—
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Cooked rice noodles were contaminated after an employee handled them with their bare hands after touching unclean items.—
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Chicagoans will have no one to hold accountable at the ballot box when the buses don’t arrive and rail stations are filthy and crime-ridden.—
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The plastic waste China received was filthy, much of it too dirty to be cleaned, shredded, and turned into new plastic.—
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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.—
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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.—
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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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Employees were observed to only sanitize their gloved hands after touching insanitary surfaces and then resumed touching RTE food and various food contact surfaces.—
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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.—
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In this case, whoever drew up the list of those to be fired at FDA either didn’t understand or didn’t care about the role support staff play for scientists reviewing new medications or inspectors looking for unsanitary conditions at food plants, the former officials said.—
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In Connecticut, in addition to the shuttered Rockville units, Koenig’s report noted long wait times at Waterbury Hospital’s emergency department and unsanitary conditions in the kitchen at Manchester Memorial Hospital.—
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Customers and analysts alike say food quality suffered, table service slowed and restaurants became dingy.—
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When Abercrombie does offer up interiors, they’re sparsely furnished and dingy, like rooms in a flophouse.—
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“Uncleaned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncleaned. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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