as in unsanitary
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Recent Examples of germy
The breezy-as-can-be silhouette looked as comfortable as sweatpants, while the longer hems would serve as a protective barrier between my legs and any germy airplane seats — a personal ick of mine — during summer travel.
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Alyssa Grabinski,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
These shower caps are also useful for creating a barrier between your hands and hotel room items that tend to be more germy, like remote controls.
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Aly Walansky,
Travel + Leisure,
7 June 2026
At the Vancouver Olympics, Norwegian athletes were issued plastic sheeting to cover germy hotel carpeting.
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Outside,
28 Jan. 2026
Over time, the screen becomes germy, icky to touch, and jumpy or unresponsive.
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Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
7 Jan. 2026
Microbiologist and immunologist Jason Tetro, tells SELF, that organic fabrics are also less likely to be germy.
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Kells McPhillips,
SELF,
28 Nov. 2025
The bathroom is the center of cleanliness in many homes, and if your hand towels and toothbrushes are old and germy, your entire home can feel less clean.
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Abby Wolner,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Sep. 2025
Not to mention touching all the items in the store with your germy hands!
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Ticked Off,
Orlando Sentinel,
19 Mar. 2025
Related article Walking just 5 minutes a day makes a difference
While Staphylococcus aureus is found on many gym surfaces, exercise mats are particularly germy.
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Melanie Radzicki McManus,
CNN,
25 Jan. 2025
Alyssa Grabinski,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
These shower caps are also useful for creating a barrier between your hands and hotel room items that tend to be more germy, like remote controls.
—
Aly Walansky,
Travel + Leisure,
7 June 2026
At the Vancouver Olympics, Norwegian athletes were issued plastic sheeting to cover germy hotel carpeting.
—
Outside,
28 Jan. 2026
Over time, the screen becomes germy, icky to touch, and jumpy or unresponsive.
—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
7 Jan. 2026
Microbiologist and immunologist Jason Tetro, tells SELF, that organic fabrics are also less likely to be germy.
—
Kells McPhillips,
SELF,
28 Nov. 2025
The bathroom is the center of cleanliness in many homes, and if your hand towels and toothbrushes are old and germy, your entire home can feel less clean.
—
Abby Wolner,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Sep. 2025
Not to mention touching all the items in the store with your germy hands!
—
Ticked Off,
Orlando Sentinel,
19 Mar. 2025
Related article Walking just 5 minutes a day makes a difference
While Staphylococcus aureus is found on many gym surfaces, exercise mats are particularly germy.
—
Melanie Radzicki McManus,
CNN,
25 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for germy
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Part of me wants to contact the company and explain how disorganized and unsanitary the event felt.
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Government inspectors repeatedly found problems at Larry Wallach’s earlier businesses, including unsafe and unsanitary conditions for his sloths, kangaroos, tigers and capybaras, according to federal and state government records obtained by Inside Climate News.
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The team aimed to fashion a rotting meat smell to recreate this slightly unhygienic oral arrangement.
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Airline blankets can be reused from passenger to passenger, which, to state the obvious, is extremely unhygienic.
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The company issued the recall because the shrimp may have been prepared, packed or held under insanitary conditions whereby they may have become contaminated with cesium-137 (Cs-137).
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Employees were observed to only sanitize their gloved hands after touching insanitary surfaces and then resumed touching RTE food and various food contact surfaces.
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Onshore winds are pushing smoke from the Sandy fire into Los Angeles County, where neighborhoods from the San Fernando Valley to Arcadia could face unhealthful air for sensitive groups.
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The soil may contain pathogens, pesticides and other unhealthful things.
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“Germy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/germy. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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