unwashedness

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noun

The property of being unwashed.

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Meanings

noununwashedness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe property of being unwashed.

    Now that he is close to her, a faint smell of staleness, unwashedness, reaches him.

    1999, J. M. Coetzee, chapter 15, in Disgrace, New York: Viking, page 125

Origin

From unwashed + -ness.

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APA

unwashedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwashedness

MLA

“unwashedness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwashedness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unwashedness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwashedness.

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