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What is the opposite of stainless?

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Adjective
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Opposite of clean, free from stains or grime
besmirched
dirty
filthy
foul
grubby
smirched
soiled
spotted
stained
sullied
unclean
uncleaned
smudged
begrimed
grimed
smutty
blemished
discoloredUS
cruddy
grimy
marked
tainted
draggled
discolouredUK
smeared
besmeared
tarnished
mucky
sooty
polluted
grody
squalid
scuzzy
scungy
festy
gross
ruined
yucky
sleazy
bogging
manky
gungy
muddied
skanky
messy
not clean
dirt-encrusted
mud-caked
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Adjective
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Opposite of free from blame, guilt or censure
guilty
reproachable
censurable
flawed
faulty
bad
imperfect
amiss
defective
blameworthy
blemished
disfigured
corrupt
wrong
damaged
tainted
faultful
fallible
to blame
impeachable
responsible
culpable
reprovable
at fault
reprehensible
blameable
Adjective
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Opposite of in a virtuous manner free of immorality
corrupt
dishonest
immoral
sinful
bad
bribable
corrupted
corruptible
criminal
crooked
decadent
deceitful
depraved
dirty
dishonorableUS
dishonourableUK
dodgy
evil
felonious
fraudulent
iniquitous
knavish
lawless
malfeasant
miscreant
nefarious
peccant
perverted
rotten
scandalous
scoundrelly
shady
treacherous
underhanded
unethical
unprincipled
unscrupulous
untrustworthy
unvirtuous
venal
villainous
wicked
sinning
cunning
impure
dissolute
stained
tainted
unrighteous
virtueless
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“There will never be successful reform as long as the judiciary is perceived to be corrupt.”
Adjective
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Opposite of in a natural state, having never been tampered with
dirty
impure
coarse
filthy
immodest
indecent
obscene
smutty
unchaste
unclean
vulgar
contaminated
polluted
spoiledUS
spoiltUK
used
sinful
peccant
sinning
immoral
untrue
defiled
corrupt
indefinite
uncertain
tainted
unsuitable
unvirtuous
unreal
fraudulent
untrustworthy
dishonest
false
ungenuine
evil
Adjective
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Opposite of high in quality or standard
lousy
mediocre
substandard
wretched
defective
deficient
execrable
middling
punk
second-class
valueless
wanting
abysmal
average
awful
bad quality
banged-up
base
characterless
cheap
colorlessUS
colourlessUK
common
commonplace
contemptible
conventional
crummy
decent
dirty
disliked
dreadful
dull
fair
fairish
fair to middling
faulty
horrible
humdrum
indifferent
inferior
insignificant
intermediate
low
mainstream
mean
medium
middle-of-the-road
miserable
moderate
nasty
no good
no-good
no great shakes
of poor quality
ordinary
passable
pedestrian
poor
rotten
run-of-the-mill
second-rate
shoddy
slovenly
so-so
standard
stupid
terrible
tolerable
undeserving
undistinguished
unexceptional
uninspired
unpopular
useless
vanilla
very bad
vicious
vile
worthless
“It is a substandard acquisition that is draining our finances.”
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