What's the difference between unclean and unclear?

Unclean


Definition:

  • (a.) Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy.
  • (a.) Ceremonially impure; needing ritual cleansing.
  • (a.) Morally impure.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Photograph: Fairfax Media via Getty Images Monis waged a campaign for years, writing letters to the families of Australian soldiers who had died in Afghanistan , labelling them child killers and their corpses unclean.
  • (2) The vendor asked $1m for the toilet, "uncleaned and in its original condition", writing: "Who knows how many of [his] stories were thought up and written while Salinger sat on this throne!"
  • (3) The exact cause of the deaths is not yet clear but officials said they suspected infection caused by unclean surgical equipment.
  • (4) Such actions would make some Muslims consider themselves unclean so they would stop praying.
  • (5) The aim is to make you feel guilty, unclean, a sinner in the eyes of God, and of course in the withering stare of the preacher.
  • (6) At the coronal cervix, the so-called uncleaned area, the path of the food bolus and its rubbing effect are said to be regulated by the coronal and gingival contours.
  • (7) It is dusty, unclean and you are given no cleaning stuff.
  • (8) 0.6 mm) on the cleaned than on the uncleaned sides.
  • (9) It was established that they enter the product by way of unclean production lines and implements, by the fermenting agent, by the air in the fermentation premises.
  • (10) The following variables were significantly associated with an increased risk of dehydration, after adjustment for age and other confounding variables: absence of the father from the home; low paternal education level; young age; maternal age 25-29 years or less than 20 years; mother of mixed race; high birth order; short birth interval; low birth weight; stunting, underweight and wasting; lack of breast-feeding; presence of other under-5-year-olds in the home; families with 4-5 members; lack of antenatal care; less than three doses of diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus or poliomyelitis vaccine; previous admission to hospital; use of medicines during the fortnight prior to the episode; and living in an unclean home.
  • (11) Histologic study revealed patchy chronic inflammation at the surface of uncleaned filters but only benign fibrous tissue reaction for the cleaned filters.
  • (12) Histologic examinations after 4 weeks revealed bacterial growth on dentinal walls in 9 of the uncleaned and in 2 cleaned cavities.
  • (13) Anxious patients may overclean or overtreat sensitive genital skin in the belief that they are unclean or harbour a sexually transmitted disease.
  • (14) "For the church fathers, homosexuality is the most disgusting and unclean sin," he railed in a nine-page missive made public last week.
  • (15) Each year, millions of people acquire this infection by drinking unclean water.
  • (16) Community participation could be followed by a health education program aimed at the prevention of infectious diseases caused by an unclean environment and consumption of contaminated food.
  • (17) Vilks' cartoon caused outrage because dogs are considered unclean by conservative Muslims, and Islamic law generally opposes any depiction of the prophet for fear it could lead to idolatry.
  • (18) In addition, this test turned out to be an effective educational tool for heightening the awareness of people towards dangers of unclean drinking water.
  • (19) The root cause of the region’s smog problems, from a long-term perspective, is an unclean industrial and energy mix, which requires big changes,” said Chen Jining, China’s environmental minister, adding that he “felt guilty” about the toxic haze.
  • (20) The capitalist drive to convince us that female body hair is unnatural and unclean has been alarmingly successful.

Unclear


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) ), nosological frontiers are still unclear and accordingly justify a comparative serological study of M.M., W.M., and B.M.G.
  • (2) However, the effects of such large-scale calvarial repositioning on subsequent brain mass growth trajectories and compensatory cranio-facial growth changes is unclear.
  • (3) Thus it is unclear how a language learner determines whether German even has a regular plural, and if so what form it takes.
  • (4) It is unclear if the changes in high-energy phosphates during endotoxin shock cause irreversibility.
  • (5) It’s unclear too whether Google will continue to pay Mozilla to be the default browser in countries outside the US, Russia and China when the current deal ends in December.
  • (6) Factors contributing to a more aggressive form of carcinoma are unclear and require further study.
  • (7) Two people were injured and taken to hospital, but it is still unclear who was responsible.
  • (8) The benefit of routine preoperative CT in patients with otherwise resectable colonic or rectal cancer remains unclear.
  • (9) Whether we are dealing with true Osborn waves is unclear.
  • (10) Many governments try to protect their tax base through national blacklists based on criteria that are often unclear and inconsistently applied.
  • (11) Although the mechanism(s) of Vb depolarization in OMCD is unclear at the moment, this depolarization suggests that OMCD is responsive to peritubular pH alterations.
  • (12) Poor prognostic factors included associated chondromalacia and an unclear preoperative diagnosis.
  • (13) Because the mechanism whereby Shigella dysenteriae I enterotoxin induces intestinal secretion is unclear, the effect of this toxin on adenylate cyclase activity in rabbit ileal mucosa was studied under various in vitro and in vivo conditions.
  • (14) The factors predisposing to and complicating acute renal failure (ARF) in the medical intensive care unit (ICU), and their relative influence on outcome during ARF are unclear.
  • (15) Preliminary studies using amino acid and ion inhibition studies suggested that transporter I was a system ASC-type carrier, transporter III a system L carrier, while the nature of transporter II was unclear.
  • (16) However the mechanisms responsible for these phenomena are unclear.
  • (17) Hyperferritinemia, an unclear mechanism, is frequently observed in chronic alcoholics.
  • (18) Previously, we found resting metabolic rate increased at high altitude but the mechanism and consequences of this increase were unclear.
  • (19) The mechanism behind this increased thyroid volume is unclear, as most patients had normal serum thyrotropin levels and no thyroid autoimmunity.
  • (20) These data notwithstanding, the role of SIV genetic variation in the pathogenesis of AIDS in monkeys remains unclear.