unlaundered

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adjective

That has not been laundered.

Similar
unwashed
OriginEnglish laundered ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunlaundered (not comparable)
  1. not comparableThat has not been laundered.

    Life for ordinary barons in Outremer Jerusalem was probably better than for kings in Europe, where even potentates wore unlaundered wool and lived in bare-stone draughty keeps with rough furniture.

    2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 269

    Synonyms: unwashed

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveThat has not been laundered.

Similar
unwashed

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishlaundered
  9. Englishunlaundered

From un- + laundered.

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APA

unlaundered. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unlaundered

MLA

“unlaundered.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unlaundered. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unlaundered,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unlaundered.

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