as in low
belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank
a TV producer who knew what the unwashed masses wanted—and unhesitatingly gave it to them
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as in masses
people looked down upon as ignorant and of the lowest class
Aunt Edna was fond of snootily reminding us that we need not take our manners from the great unwashed
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Recent Examples of unwashed
Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2024
Touching the eyes, nose or mouth with unwashed hands after touching raw milk with bird flu virus may also lead to infection, officials said.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 25 Nov. 2024
Leeks: Due to their stalk shape with tips that can dry out, store unwashed leeks in a produce or zip-top bag in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2024
Families have described the investigations as traumatizing, leading the agency under the most recent commissioner to try limiting the number of unnecessary probes — which turned out to have often been prompted by indicators of poverty like child hunger or unwashed clothes.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2024
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Bird flu can be contracted when drinking raw milk from an infected cow, when raw milk from an infected cow is splashed into the eyes, nose or mouth, or by touching the eyes, nose or mouth with unwashed hands after contact with raw milk from an infected cow.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2024
Touching the eyes, nose or mouth with unwashed hands after touching raw milk with bird flu virus may also lead to infection, officials said.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 25 Nov. 2024
Leeks: Due to their stalk shape with tips that can dry out, store unwashed leeks in a produce or zip-top bag in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2024
Families have described the investigations as traumatizing, leading the agency under the most recent commissioner to try limiting the number of unnecessary probes — which turned out to have often been prompted by indicators of poverty like child hunger or unwashed clothes.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unwashed
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Detroit currently has a low chance for snow this Christmas, the NWS office in White Lake said.Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 20 Dec. 2024
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It is situated on the lower level outside of Macy’s and is a permanent location.Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 20 Dec. 2024
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Yet Empire Falls translates into a lumpen, stodgy miniseries, despite a fine central performance from Harris as a divorced diner owner with deep roots in the town and a structure that allows the past to keep informing and enriching the present.Scott Tobias, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2024
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Rhys spent decades, often isolated and paranoid, in lumpen houses and apartments in and out of London, before success arrived late.New York Times, New York Times, 20 June 2022
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Advertisement From start to finish, pure madness, amid a rabble that never calmed, never quieted, never quit.Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
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All this anti-Soviet scum, all this rabble revolves around Sakharov.Gal Beckerman, Foreign Affairs, 10 May 2012
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With a full trailer stacked with 40 storage bins and five bicycles, Blair's operation has come a long way since its humble beginnings.Keely Doll, The Courier-Journal, 24 Dec. 2024
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Grillo's Pickles, founded in 2008, began as a passion project for Travis Grillo, who started selling his pickles from a 1970 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme and a humble pickle cart on Boston Common.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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Being entombed alive is an apt metaphor for a populace that had its civic freedoms squashed by the Assad dynasty for half a century.Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
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Trump’s White House sent $1,200 checks to the populace in 2020, all of which featured Trump’s signature.Tim Collins, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Dec. 2024
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The other was the much more plebeian Chevrolet Bolt, which was cheaper but nowhere near as luxurious, nor as enjoyable to drive.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 30 Aug. 2024
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Once upon a time, a doddering old man spoke of a dream about a united city in this empire’s capital, where every man, woman, and child could walk its streets and live a good life regardless of their patrician or plebeian birthright.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024
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By now Francis' annual Christmas address to the priests, bishops and cardinals who work in the Vatican Curia has become a lesson in humility — and humiliation — as Francis offers a public dressing down of some of the sins in the workplace at the headquarters of the Catholic Church.CBS News, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2024
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Other spikes in reports of suspicious bags or items happen in the wake of a major incident, such as the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, when authorities were inundated by reports from the newly vigilant public.Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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Inspired by Karl Marx, the Bolsheviks dreamed of a world communist revolution and held special expectations for Germany, Marx’s homeland, and for its proletariat.Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 19 June 2023
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The first scenario does much more to reduce poverty, demonstrating the importance of permanently expanding access to unemployment insurance to workers with nontraditional jobs—part-timers, freelancers, and other members of the gig economy’s swelling proletariat.Matthew Desmond, The New York Review of Books, 28 Dec. 2023
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“Unwashed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unwashed. Accessed 1 Jan. 2025.
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