insanitary

adjective

in·​san·​i·​tary (ˌ)in-ˈsa-nə-ˌter-ē 

: unclean enough to endanger health : contaminated

insanitation

in-ˌsa-nə-ˈtā-shən 

noun

Examples of insanitary in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Employees were observed to only sanitize their gloved hands after touching insanitary surfaces and then resumed touching RTE food and various food contact surfaces. — Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 12 Jan. 2025

The company admitted that by January 2021 some employees were aware that the insanitary conditions were causing products to become contaminated. — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2024

Velichko said that he and several fellow volunteer drivers were housed in one of half a dozen insanitary, crowded barracks, which contained about 300 inmates in total. — Anna Nemtsova, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2022

Items ranging from dietary supplements and medication to cosmetics and pet foods may have been exposed to insanitary conditions at Family Dollar's distribution facility in West Memphis, Arkansas, federal officials said in a news release. — Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 19 Feb. 2022

But not by Roberts, who wrote that the blame for the concentration camps deaths lay with their inmates themselves, and their insanitary habits. — Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The New Republic, 14 Oct. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for insanitary

• accretionary
• apothecary
• bicentenary
• certiorari
• concessionary
• concretionary
• confectionary
• confectionery
• constabulary
• contemporary
• deflationary
• depositary

Kids Definition

insanitary

adjective

in·​san·​i·​tary (ˈ)in-ˈsan-ə-ˌter-ē 

: so unclean as to endanger health : unhealthy

Medical Definition

insanitary

adjective

in·​san·​i·​tary (ˈ)in-ˈsan-ə-ˌter-ē 

: unclean enough to endanger health