dirtiness
Noun

dirtiness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being dirty.
    • 1922, Sinclair Lewis, Babbitt, New York: P.F. Collier & Son, Chapter XI, section IV, p. 150,
      Paul was distressingly clean, but Babbitt reveled in a good sound dirtiness, in not having to shave till his spirit was moved to it.
    • 1948, Alan Paton, Cry, the Beloved Country, New York: Scribner, 1987, Chapter 6,
      So they walked till they came to Claremont and Kumalo was shocked by its shabbiness and dirtiness, and the closeness of the houses, and the filth in the streets.
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