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Recent Examples of unhygienic
The team aimed to fashion a rotting meat smell to recreate this slightly unhygienic oral arrangement.
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Rj MacKenzie,
Popular Science,
11 June 2026
Airline blankets can be reused from passenger to passenger, which, to state the obvious, is extremely unhygienic.
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Jillian Dara,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Apr. 2026
Investigators uncovered more than 190 decomposing bodies last year inside the Penrose facility, many stored in unhygienic conditions.
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Kelly Werthmann,
CBS News,
23 Dec. 2025
Unfortunately, curtains can gather a lot of dust, mold, or dirt if not cleaned every so often, and can lead to allergies and an unhygienic home.
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Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
25 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unhygienic
Rj MacKenzie,
Popular Science,
11 June 2026
Airline blankets can be reused from passenger to passenger, which, to state the obvious, is extremely unhygienic.
—
Jillian Dara,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Apr. 2026
Investigators uncovered more than 190 decomposing bodies last year inside the Penrose facility, many stored in unhygienic conditions.
—
Kelly Werthmann,
CBS News,
23 Dec. 2025
Unfortunately, curtains can gather a lot of dust, mold, or dirt if not cleaned every so often, and can lead to allergies and an unhygienic home.
—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
25 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unhygienic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unhygienic
Adjective
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Epidemics, worsened by the unsanitary conditions caused by the mountains of garbage the government has stopped collecting, combine with the shortage of medicines and the dire state of medical facilities.
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According to investigators, the girl was found with severely matted hair and living in unsanitary conditions.
Adjective
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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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The company admitted that by January 2021 some employees were aware that the insanitary conditions were causing products to become contaminated.
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“Unhygienic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhygienic. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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