unwashed
[ uhn-wosht, -wawsht ]
/ ʌnˈwɒʃt, -ˈwɔʃt /
adjective
not cleaned or purified by or as if by washing: unwashed dishes; the unwashed soul of a sinner.
pertaining to or characteristic of the common people; untutored, unsophisticated, or ignorant; plebeian: the power of the unwashed electorate.
noun
(used with a plural verb)
an ignorant or lower-class group; rabble (usually preceded by the): The author claimed that the unwashed would not understand his books.
Origin of unwashed
1350–1400; Middle English; see
un-1,
washed
Words nearby unwashed
unwanted,
unwarped,
unwarrantable,
unwarranted,
unwary,
unwashed,
unwatched,
unwavering,
unwaxed,
unwearied,
unweave
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British Dictionary definitions for unwashed
unwashed
/ (ʌnˈwɒʃt) /
adjective
not washed
pl n
the great unwashed jocular, derogatory
the masses