noun
- the state or quality of being dirty, impure, or morally corrupt; instances of being unclean
Usage: plural form; formal or literary
Examples
- The inspector documented various uncleannesses found throughout the restaurant kitchen.
- Religious texts often speak of spiritual uncleannesses that must be purified.
- The water treatment plant removes different types of uncleannesses from the supply.
- Medieval beliefs attributed many illnesses to moral uncleannesses.
- The laboratory tested for bacterial uncleannesses in the food samples.