UNCLEANLINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does uncleanliness mean? 

• UNCLEANLINESS (noun)
  The noun UNCLEANLINESS has 1 sense:

1. lack of cleanly habits

  Familiarity information: UNCLEANLINESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNCLEANLINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lack of cleanly habits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("uncleanliness" is a kind of...):

trait (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "uncleanliness"):

slovenliness (habitual uncleanliness)

messiness; untidiness (the trait of being untidy and messy)

Antonym:

cleanliness (diligence in keeping clean)

Derivation:

uncleanly (habitually unclean)