# unwashed

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #40,949

## Definitions
1. Not having been washed.
2. Vulgar, plebeian, lowbrow.

## Etymology
From Middle English unwasched, unwasschyd, unwessched, a weak verb conjugation of earlier Middle English unwaschen (“unwashen”), equivalent to un- + washed.

## Easily confused with
- **unwanted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unwanted-vs-unwashed)
- **unmasked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unmasked-vs-unwashed)
- **unleashed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unleashed-vs-unwashed)
- **unabashed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unabashed-vs-unwashed)

## Common misspellings (12)
`nuwashed`, `unawshed`, `unnwashed`, `unwahsed`, `unwasehd`, `unwashde`, `unwashedd`, `unwashhed`, `unwasshed`, `unwsahed`, `unwwashed`, `uwnashed`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/unwashed