unsanitary

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Recent Examples of unsanitary In Connecticut, in addition to the shuttered Rockville units, Koenig’s report noted long wait times at Waterbury Hospital’s emergency department and unsanitary conditions in the kitchen at Manchester Memorial Hospital. Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 2 Apr. 2025 In this case, whoever drew up the list of those to be fired at FDA either didn’t understand or didn’t care about the role support staff play for scientists reviewing new medications or inspectors looking for unsanitary conditions at food plants, the former officials said. Dan Morrison, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025 Poor planning, bad weather, and unsanitary conditions contributed to illness and injuries before a typhoon upended the entire function. Blythe Lawrence, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025 The dogs and birds were found in unsanitary conditions and were seized by animal control, the sheriff's office said. CBS News, 25 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unsanitary
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsanitary
Adjective
  • The new house is now disgustingly filthy and filled with trash and the smell of cat urine.
    Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The common areas of the building have been filthy, too: trash all around the grounds and dirty stairwells.
    Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Tom Hardy stars in the neo-noir crime thriller as a corrupt detective named Walker, who shoots, punches, and drop-kicks his way through an entire criminal underworld to rescue the estranged son of dirty politician Lawrence Beaumont (Forest Whitaker).
    Mike Miller, EW.com, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Rockets wing Dillon Brooks called Green a dirty player on Friday.
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • This Trevisani has a bushy black mustache, an olive complexion, and a broad forehead.
    Domenico Starnone, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Belair seems to have subtly leaned into her unprecedented turn by wearing black during recent shows.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 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
Adjective
  • The Rise Of Squiggly Thinking: Embracing The Nonlinear So, where does that leave us clever, irrational, gloriously messy humans?
    Lee Salisbury, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • That mix of vulnerability, humor, and diplomacy is classic Angela: unbothered but not detached, direct but never messy.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Monday's event was the latest congressional town hall to get chaotic.
    Joe Walsh, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2025
  • As a governance matter, some investors complained that the pivots are too chaotic.
    Justin Worland, Time, 18 Apr. 2025

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“Unsanitary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsanitary. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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