unsanitary
adjective
un·san·i·tary
ˌən-ˈsa-nə-ˌter-ē 
: unclean enough to endanger health : not sanitary
unsanitary conditions
unsanitary habits/practices
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The relative told authorities that Barnes and the child were living in a shed with no electricity, which the relative described as cold, cluttered and unsanitary.
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Greg Wehner, Fox News, 5 June 2024
Quarantined people have begun running away from the unsanitary isolation wards hastily put up by authorities.
—Vidya Krishnan, Foreign Affairs, 25 Mar. 2020
Officials at the time used that sentiment to justify family separations and overcrowded and unsanitary detention conditions — practices that the Trump administration would deploy decades later in its own immigration enforcement.
—Jazmine Ulloa, New York Times, 3 June 2024
The Red Goose Saloon at 306 Houston Street was closed on May 7 due to unsanitary conditions and live pests.
—Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 May 2024
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Greg Wehner, Fox News, 5 June 2024
Quarantined people have begun running away from the unsanitary isolation wards hastily put up by authorities.
—Vidya Krishnan, Foreign Affairs, 25 Mar. 2020
Officials at the time used that sentiment to justify family separations and overcrowded and unsanitary detention conditions — practices that the Trump administration would deploy decades later in its own immigration enforcement.
—Jazmine Ulloa, New York Times, 3 June 2024
The Red Goose Saloon at 306 Houston Street was closed on May 7 due to unsanitary conditions and live pests.
—Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 May 2024
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unsanitary
adjective
un·san·i·tary
-ˈsan-ə-ˌter-ē
: not sanitary : insanitary
unsanitary conditions
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