Antonyms for unswept


Grammar : Adj
Spell : swept
Phonetic Transcription : swɛpt


Definition of unswept

Origin :
  • c.1300, perhaps from a past tense form of Middle English swope "sweep," from Old English swapan "to sweep" (transitive & intransitive); see swoop. Related: Swept; sweeping.
  • As in uncleanly : adj dirty
  • As in dirty : adj soiled, unclean
  • As in dusty : adj filled with or covered with powdery particles
Example sentences :
  • A man could find some comfort in an unswept attic or an unwashed shirt.
  • Extract from : « A Miscellany of Men » by G. K. Chesterton
  • Wind had whirled the leaves in upon the temple floors, and they lay there unswept.
  • Extract from : « The Lost Continent » by C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne
  • Natasha runs across the warm planks, as yet unswept of dust and litter.
  • Extract from : « The Old House and Other Tales » by Feodor Sologub
  • He sat watching him a while, then rose and kindled a fire on the unswept hearth.
  • Extract from : « Satan Sanderson » by Hallie Erminie Rives
  • The brown leaves fluttered about, unswept from the dreary avenues.
  • Extract from : « Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2) » by John Roby
  • The avenue was unswept and untended, and here and there boughs broken off by wind.
  • Extract from : « The Shuttle » by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • The fire was out and the room undusted and unswept, a close smell she did not recognise filled the room.
  • Extract from : « Mrs. Dorriman, Volume 2 of 3 » by Julie Bosville Chetwynd
  • The dirt of the unswept streets, never removed, has raised the grade of Cairo from age to age.
  • Extract from : « Caricature and Other Comic Art » by James Parton.
  • Below this is the celebrated mosaic called Asarotos, representing an unswept floor after a banquet.
  • Extract from : « Walks in Rome » by Augustus J.C. Hare
  • If dust is to be raised from the unswept parlour, you may be sure it will “fly abundantly” in the picture.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) » by Robert Louis Stevenson

Synonyms for unswept

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