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Added 9 October 2026

unwashed

adjective

adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about unwashed at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Of or associated with the great masses of people.
the common people in those days suffered greatly
Not cleaned with or as if with soap and water.
a sink full of unwashed dishes

Origin

From Middle English unwasched, unwasschyd, unwessched, a weak verb conjugation of earlier Middle English unwaschen (“unwashen”), equivalent to un- + washed.

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