Unwashed
adjective
Not cleaned with water and soap.
After his camping trip, he came home looking tired and unwashed.
Often appears as...
- unwashed dishes
- unwashed clothes
adjective
Used to describe a group of ordinary people.
The politician showed a disregard for the opinions of the unwashed masses.
Often appears as...
- unwashed masses
- unwashed public
Usage tips
Disapproving
Idiomatic
adjective
Not cleaned with water and soap.
After his camping trip, he came home looking tired and unwashed.
Often appears as...
- unwashed dishes
- unwashed clothes
adjective
Used to describe a group of ordinary people.
The politician showed a disregard for the opinions of the unwashed masses.
Often appears as...
- unwashed masses
- unwashed public
Usage tips
Disapproving
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Use 'unwashed' to vividly describe something dirty, as if you can see the dirt or filth on it.
The dog's once white fur was now an unwashed, muddy brown.
Pro Tip 2/3Neglect Indication
'Unwashed' suggests neglect or lack of care, especially for personal items or appearance.
Her unwashed appearance hinted at the rough week she'd endured.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical State
Use 'unwashed' for tangible items or people, not for abstract concepts.
The sink was piled with unwashed plates from the party.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Use 'unwashed' to vividly describe something dirty, as if you can see the dirt or filth on it.
The dog's once white fur was now an unwashed, muddy brown.
Pro Tip 2/3Neglect Indication
'Unwashed' suggests neglect or lack of care, especially for personal items or appearance.
Her unwashed appearance hinted at the rough week she'd endured.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical State
Use 'unwashed' for tangible items or people, not for abstract concepts.
The sink was piled with unwashed plates from the party.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Use 'unwashed' to vividly describe something dirty, as if you can see the dirt or filth on it.
The dog's once white fur was now an unwashed, muddy brown.
Pro Tip 2/3Neglect Indication
'Unwashed' suggests neglect or lack of care, especially for personal items or appearance.
Her unwashed appearance hinted at the rough week she'd endured.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical State
Use 'unwashed' for tangible items or people, not for abstract concepts.
The sink was piled with unwashed plates from the party.
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Is there a disease that...
or unwashed produce, or from playing in sandboxes, or cleaning out litter boxes. This is behind the common recommendation that pregnant women not change cat litter. Toxo can cause serious birth defects. We can also get toxo from eating undercooked meat
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C.K. Williams: Poetry...
I was frightened of her. I felt like a child. I was afraid some repressed part of myself would go out of control, and I'd be forever entrapped in the shocking seethe of her stench. Not excrement merely, not merely surface and orifice going unwashed,
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Is there a disease that...
or unwashed produce, or from playing in sandboxes, or cleaning out litter boxes. This is behind the common recommendation that pregnant women not change cat litter. Toxo can cause serious birth defects. We can also get toxo from eating undercooked meat
Video examples
C.K. Williams: Poetry...
I was frightened of her. I felt like a child. I was afraid some repressed part of myself would go out of control, and I'd be forever entrapped in the shocking seethe of her stench. Not excrement merely, not merely surface and orifice going unwashed,
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Quote examples
Robert Sapolsky
American Scientist
My guess is that people with a stereotypically conservative exclusionary stance about immigration rarely have the sense that they feel disgusted that people elsewhere in the world would want to come to the United States for better lives. Instead, there is threat by the rabble, the unwashed masses, to the American way of life.
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Daniel H. Pink
American Author
I really think that in the media world that we live in now, especially for writers, it has to be a conversation. With very few exceptions, it can't be this one-way, 'Here I am on the mountaintop preaching to all of you great unwashed readers in hopes of saving you.' It doesn't work that way.
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Russell Smith
Canadian Novelist
Yes, the hunky barista looks even more terrifically masculine with three days' growth on his chin. Guys under 50 mostly do. But when your beard is partly or largely grey, that stubble can just look a little unwashed. Sadly, when you're over 50, different rules apply.
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Norman Foster
British Architect
You can find, occasionally, some absolutely fantastic things in hunting shops. I've got one jacket that I just happened across which is a kind of unwashed leather - completely anonymous but absolutely special.
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Alice Hamilton
American Scientist
From the first I became convinced that what I must look for was lead dust and lead fumes, that men were poisoned by breathing poisoned air, not by handling their food with unwashed hands.
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Mark Twain
American Writer
In 'Huckleberry Finn,' I have drawn Tom Blankenship exactly as he was. He was ignorant, unwashed, insufficiently fed; but he had as good a heart as ever any boy had.
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Robert A. Cook
American Educator
Cut your morning devotions into your personal grooming. You would not go out to work with a dirty face. Why start the day with the face of your soul unwashed?
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Anthony Newley
English Actor
To the unwashed public, Joan Collins is a star. But to those who know her, she's a commodity who would sell her own bowel movement.
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Judy Sheindlin
American Lawyer
I go down to the gym unwashed, like something dragged in from behind a truck.
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Robert Sapolsky
American Scientist
My guess is that people with a stereotypically conservative exclusionary stance about immigration rarely have the sense that they feel disgusted that people elsewhere in the world would want to come to the United States for better lives. Instead, there is threat by the rabble, the unwashed masses, to the American way of life.
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Daniel H. Pink
American Author
I really think that in the media world that we live in now, especially for writers, it has to be a conversation. With very few exceptions, it can't be this one-way, 'Here I am on the mountaintop preaching to all of you great unwashed readers in hopes of saving you.' It doesn't work that way.
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Russell Smith
Canadian Novelist
Yes, the hunky barista looks even more terrifically masculine with three days' growth on his chin. Guys under 50 mostly do. But when your beard is partly or largely grey, that stubble can just look a little unwashed. Sadly, when you're over 50, different rules apply.
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Norman Foster
British Architect
You can find, occasionally, some absolutely fantastic things in hunting shops. I've got one jacket that I just happened across which is a kind of unwashed leather - completely anonymous but absolutely special.
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Alice Hamilton
American Scientist
From the first I became convinced that what I must look for was lead dust and lead fumes, that men were poisoned by breathing poisoned air, not by handling their food with unwashed hands.
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Mark Twain
American Writer
In 'Huckleberry Finn,' I have drawn Tom Blankenship exactly as he was. He was ignorant, unwashed, insufficiently fed; but he had as good a heart as ever any boy had.
Quote examples
Robert A. Cook
American Educator
Cut your morning devotions into your personal grooming. You would not go out to work with a dirty face. Why start the day with the face of your soul unwashed?
Quote examples
Anthony Newley
English Actor
To the unwashed public, Joan Collins is a star. But to those who know her, she's a commodity who would sell her own bowel movement.
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Judy Sheindlin
American Lawyer
I go down to the gym unwashed, like something dragged in from behind a truck.
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