unsanitary
adjective
un·san·i·tary
ˌən-ˈsa-nə-ˌter-ē 
: unclean enough to endanger health : not sanitary
unsanitary conditions
unsanitary habits/practices
Examples of unsanitary in a Sentence
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During another federal monitor inspection, visitors found unsanitary conditions including live roaches, ants, water bugs, fruit flies, gnats, and mouse droppings.
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Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024
Living conditions were overcrowded, unsanitary, and full of contagious diseases, which children then spread throughout classrooms.
—TIME, 8 May 2024
The unsanitary conditions, as well as limited assess to food and clean water, make pregnant women and their children, particularly vulnerable to complications and significant health risks.
—Nadine Shubailat, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2024
Manufacturing delta-8 can take place in unsanitary working conditions, says the FDA.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Apr. 2024
While another noted that the hack may be a bit unsanitary.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 12 Feb. 2024
That 100-page opinion confirms many of the allegations made by Parker’s family: untrained inmates doing the work of nurses, patients locked in isolation rooms, unsanitary conditions and a medical staff that routinely ignored patients’ needs.
—ProPublica, 28 Mar. 2024
In many chicken farms, animals are raised in crowded and unsanitary conditions and can be prone to disease.
—David Goldman, CNN, 25 Mar. 2024
Four eye ointment products sold in some Walmart and CVS stores have been recalled because the facility in which they were manufactured in India may have been unsanitary.
—Katie Mogg, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2024
Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024
Living conditions were overcrowded, unsanitary, and full of contagious diseases, which children then spread throughout classrooms.
—TIME, 8 May 2024
The unsanitary conditions, as well as limited assess to food and clean water, make pregnant women and their children, particularly vulnerable to complications and significant health risks.
—Nadine Shubailat, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2024
Manufacturing delta-8 can take place in unsanitary working conditions, says the FDA.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Apr. 2024
While another noted that the hack may be a bit unsanitary.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 12 Feb. 2024
That 100-page opinion confirms many of the allegations made by Parker’s family: untrained inmates doing the work of nurses, patients locked in isolation rooms, unsanitary conditions and a medical staff that routinely ignored patients’ needs.
—ProPublica, 28 Mar. 2024
In many chicken farms, animals are raised in crowded and unsanitary conditions and can be prone to disease.
—David Goldman, CNN, 25 Mar. 2024
Four eye ointment products sold in some Walmart and CVS stores have been recalled because the facility in which they were manufactured in India may have been unsanitary.
—Katie Mogg, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2024
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unsanitary
adjective
un·san·i·tary
-ˈsan-ə-ˌter-ē
: not sanitary : insanitary
unsanitary conditions
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