insanitary

Definition of insanitarynext

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Recent Examples of insanitary 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insanitary
Adjective
  • During the second inspection, inspectors found decaying organic waste, wastewater, food residue, unsanitary conditions that allowed the breeding of flies, as well as live and dead flies along the northern perimeter of the warehouse.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026
  • One tent houses 12 of them as dirty water flows through the Gaza encampments, exposing all living there to unsanitary conditions.
    Diaa Ostaz, ABC News, 24 July 2026
Adjective
  • The last press tour Olivia Wilde endured was highly controversial and possibly unhygienic.
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 21 July 2026
  • The team aimed to fashion a rotting meat smell to recreate this slightly unhygienic oral arrangement.
    RJ Mackenzie, Popular Science, 11 June 2026
Adjective
  • Warnings of unhealthful air quality remained in effect Saturday across a wide swath of the United States due to smoke from Canadian wildfires that has engulfed the Northeast in haze for days.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2026
  • The soil may contain pathogens, pesticides and other unhealthful things.
    Joan Morris, Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2026

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“Insanitary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insanitary. Accessed 30 Jul. 2026.

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