unscrubbed

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adjective

Not scrubbed.

“The lazy sailors left the deck unscrubbed.”

OriginEnglish scrubbed ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
Scrabble 17
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Meanings

adjectiveunscrubbed (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot scrubbed.

    The lazy sailors left the deck unscrubbed.

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. Englishscrubbed
  9. Englishunscrubbed

From un- + scrubbed.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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