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unsanitary
[ uhn-san-i-ter-ee ]
adjective
- not sanitary; unhealthy or unhealthful; tending to harbor or spread disease:
unsanitary living conditions.
unsanitary
/ ʌnˈsænɪtərɪ; -trɪ /
adjective
- not conducive to or promoting health; dirty or unhygienic
Other Word Forms
- ܲ·i·ٲi· adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of unsanitary1
Example Sentences
Raising billions of animals in crowded, unsanitary conditions heightens the risk of pandemics.
The detention centre where the Uyghurs - who had been charged with no crime, apart from entering Thailand without a visa - were kept was known to be unsanitary and overcrowded.
The BBC understands that conditions in the camps are unsanitary, food barely sufficient, and many of the freed workers, like Mike, are in poor health.
Jasmine Basran, head of policy and campaigns at homeless charity Crisis, said: "People who have already experienced significant disadvantage are being forced to live without adequate support in unsafe, unsanitary and frankly unliveable conditions."
The suit alleges youths were forced to “relieve themselves” in bottles and milk cartons and were stuck in “filthy and unsanitary” conditions, infested with cockroaches.
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