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Recent Examples of unhygienic
As of June 20 more than 300 people are being held in cramped and unhygienic conditions, without food and fresh water for long stretches, Frimpong wrote.
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Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 12 July 2025
In recent months, the Krome facility has been plagued with complaints about unhygienic conditions and overcrowding that has left many detainees sleeping on the floors.
—Churchill Ndonwie, Miami Herald, 24 June 2025
Walking barefoot or in socks to the restroom is unhygienic and often regretted due to potential exposure to germs.
—Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 17 June 2025
Mineral extraction has damaging social consequences in developing countries, where the impoverished are often compelled to work in unsafe and unhygienic conditions.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
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Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 12 July 2025
In recent months, the Krome facility has been plagued with complaints about unhygienic conditions and overcrowding that has left many detainees sleeping on the floors.
—Churchill Ndonwie, Miami Herald, 24 June 2025
Walking barefoot or in socks to the restroom is unhygienic and often regretted due to potential exposure to germs.
—Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 17 June 2025
Mineral extraction has damaging social consequences in developing countries, where the impoverished are often compelled to work in unsafe and unhygienic conditions.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unhygienic
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In noncompliance records from 2023 reviewed by The Times, Manning Beef was accused of multiple instances of a leaky ceiling, separate instances of live insects on the kill floor, unsanitary conditions and operational malfunctions.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Tuesday’s report also notes that investigators were able to find 181 credible reports of overcrowding and unsanitary conditions.—
Lautaro Grinspan,
AJC.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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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).—
Chad Murphy,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
22 Sep. 2025
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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.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
12 Jan. 2025
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“Unhygienic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhygienic. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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