not clean

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This case could have been an opportunity for the Supreme Court to draw the line and say: Your hands are not clean.

From Slate • Jun. 24, 2025

I’m OK with the fact that my house is not clean all the time now because I can’t do that along with everything else that I’m doing and feel like I’m successful.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2024

Others complain the wire is still not clean or long enough to prevent internal disorder in the wire from triggering spurious signals.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 20, 2023

And to make matters worse, the water is not clean because treatment plants and pumps are not working because of a lack of fuel.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2023

What I could not clean up with the gaff—the smells and the smears—I rinsed with buckets of water.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel