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Recent Examples of unhygienic
Walking barefoot or in socks to the restroom is unhygienic and often regretted due to potential exposure to germs.
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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
Pet Supplies Storing any sort of pet items like food, litter boxes, or toys in your bedroom closet can be unhygienic.
—Katelyn Squiers, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Mar. 2025
Violations include unhygienic storage of used marijuana and improper sanitizer concentration.
—Kunle Falayi, AZCentral.com, 12 Feb. 2025
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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
Pet Supplies Storing any sort of pet items like food, litter boxes, or toys in your bedroom closet can be unhygienic.
—Katelyn Squiers, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Mar. 2025
Violations include unhygienic storage of used marijuana and improper sanitizer concentration.
—Kunle Falayi, AZCentral.com, 12 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unhygienic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unhygienic
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Salmonella often spreads through eggs or chicken (the animals are frequently raised in crowded and unsanitary conditions), but there have also been outbreaks in peanut butter, raw pork, raw beef, cucumbers and raw flour (such as in cookie dough).—
Tanya Lewis,
Scientific American,
24 Oct. 2025
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Overcrowding and unsanitary conditions were already a problem, and the new inmates only exasperated them, according to court documents.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
23 Oct. 2025
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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 14 Nov. 2025.
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