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Inspections also turned up an unsanitary embalming room. — Corey Williams, The Seattle Times, "Police to file criminal complaint after fetus remains found," 16 Oct. 2018 Photo: Médecins Sans Frontières Six months in the unsanitary refugee shanties were a blur of visits to the doctor, slumped on his father’s back like a sack of rice, Mr. Ahmed recalled. — Niharika Mandhana, WSJ, "‘All Our Lives They Wanted to Ruin Us.’ For Decades, Myanmar Sought to Drive Out Rohingya," 23 Nov. 2018 The conditions were often dangerous and unsanitary. — Marissa J. Lang, Washington Post, "‘I am a child’: How an artist turned civil rights imagery into a message of protest for immigrant kids," 1 July 2018 Harding said almost no one disagrees that D.C. General should be torn down — the shelter, which first attained notoriety after 8-year-old resident Relisha Rudd disappeared in 2014, is widely known as unsanitary and unsafe. — Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, "Lawmaker calls for delaying demolition near D.C. General until shelter residents are out," 9 July 2018 The measure would empower health department inspectors to respond to tenant complaints of unsanitary or life-threatening conditions. — Bill Turque, kansascity, "KC rental housing inspection proposal to go on August ballot | The Kansas City Star," 10 May 2018 Climate extremes, harsh land and unsanitary conditions make the camps a breeding ground for diseases and mental stress. — Rishabh R. Jain, The Seattle Times, "Rohingya fearful of doctors keep faith healers in business," 13 Nov. 2018 Even the brands that have tried their hand at active underwear tend to include cotton gussets in their designs, which are, to spare you the details, simply unsanitary. — Emily Farra, Vogue, "Quo’s Active Underwear Is So Genius, You’ll Wonder How You Lived Without It," 24 Aug. 2018 Inspections also turned up an unsanitary embalming room. — Fox News, "Detroit funeral home's license suspended after violations," 25 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unsanitary.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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