Grubby and Wrong

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Grubby adjective - Not clean.

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Wrong and grubby are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wrong" instead an adjective "Grubby".

Nearby Words: grub, grubbed, grubbiness, grubbing, grubber

Wrong adjective - Falling short of a standard.

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Grubby and wrong are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Grubby" instead an adjective "Wrong".

She scoffs at the idea, as her life has been a grudging understanding that knowing the difference between right and wrong she must always choose right, and that any shades of grey are merely "white that's got grubby."

Source: Grey and Gray Morality aka: Gray And Grey Morality
The Wrong Box: This 1966 Victorian farce features Peter Sellers as a disreputable doctor fallen on hard times (after that unfortunate incident with the Lord Mayor's wife), living in a drunken haze in a grubby little office full of cats.

Source: Back-Alley Doctor

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