unhygienic

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Recent Examples of unhygienic Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers filed a legal claim Tuesday against New York City, alleging the disgraced Hollywood mogul is receiving poor medical care and living in an unhygienic environment at the Rikers Island jail complex. Chloe Melas, NBC News, 27 Nov. 2024 This type of raw milk is wholly different from raw milk being produced in unhygienic conditions. Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024 Conditions were said to be overcrowded and unhygienic. Colin Millar, The Athletic, 28 July 2024 In 1960, Singaporeans primarily lived in unhygienic slums and crowded squatter settlements before the formation of the Housing and Development Board (HDB), given the goal of solving the acute housing crisis at the time, and, with it, public hygiene. Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for unhygienic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unhygienic
Adjective
  • At the time, some inmates and their families complained about unsanitary conditions during the outage.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 21 May 2025
  • He was then placed in a secluded cell with unsanitary conditions.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • In a civil complaint filed Sept. 27 in federal court, authorities allege that Rizo Lopez Foods violated the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act at the company’s facility in Modesto by manufacturing and distributing food products that have been prepared, packed or held under insanitary conditions.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024

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“Unhygienic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhygienic. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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