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UK
/dˈɜːtɪnəs/
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NOUN
- the state of containing dirty impurities
- obscenity in speech or writing
- the state of being unsanitary
How To Use dirtiness In A Sentence
- The thorny verdancy of geranium, the rootiness of vetiver, the dirtiness of patchouli, the rich sharpness of oak moss are tamed and softened by the mouthwatering vanilla and citruses coated in cinnamon sugar...the rose is caught in-between the two streams, benefiting from both, wild and delicate, green and honeyed, spicy and silky-smooth all at once. Archive 2009-05-01
- I think I speak for everyone when I say “Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo (t surprising)” Ignoring Hing Won’s dirtiness is something I’ve been doing for quite awhile. BREAKING: DOH HITS MY FAVORITE CHINESE FOOD | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan
- It then becomes a matter of determining the threshold of dirtiness that triggers a vacuuming.
- This dirtiness is certainly one of the greatest drawbacks to human felicity in this beautiful country, degrading the noble edifices dedicated to the worship of God, destroying the beautiful works destined for the benefit of his creatures. Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country
- I didn't understand what had to be clean-my feet felt fine and I couldn't smell anything to suggest dirtiness, but I suppose the Lady is very picky and wanted the stalls to be super clean.
- In other words, I get something of a linkage between sex/risk/"dirtiness" - I know, words are only words, but I wonder if it would be helpful for her to focus on her words/attitudes, not just the facts re: the prevalance of HPV - might help with the blame she seems to be attaching to herself and the condition. Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post
- The failure of dirt availability or habitat selection to explain the timing of male dirtiness suggests that males delay dirtying their plumage to obtain some benefit from conspicuous plumage.
- According to Chesterton, dirtiness is merely a kind of discomfort and therefore ranks as self-mortification. The Road to Wigan Pier
- It is the final product of a world gone mad trying to create Utopia; a place free of human dirtiness, a kind of ethnic cleansing that occurs when you allow people to completely remove humanity for absolute materialism.
- A Scumble is generally a tint made of some colour mixed with white; its usual effect is to render the part of the picture where it is employed, somewhat cooler, grayer, and less defined than before; hence it is of great service in connecting any tendency to muddiness or dirtiness of colouring; and also to what is called hardness, or over-distinctness of detail. Scumbling