UNSANITARY Synonyms: 111 Similar and Opposite Words

unsanitary

adjective

Definition of unsanitary

as in filthy

not sanitary and likely to cause disease working under unsanitary conditions The bathroom facilities were unsanitary.

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Recent Examples of unsanitary The dispute over the farmworker development stretches back to the aftermath of the January 2023 mass shooting that killed seven farmworkers and exposed dangerous and unsanitary living conditions at some farms along the coast. — Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 27 July 2026 One tent houses 12 of them as dirty water flows through the Gaza encampments, exposing all living there to unsanitary conditions. — Diaa Ostaz, ABC News, 24 July 2026 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. — Sarah Moreno july 1, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026 Government inspectors repeatedly found problems at Larry Wallach’s earlier businesses, including unsafe and unsanitary conditions for his sloths, kangaroos, tigers and capybaras, according to federal and state government records obtained by Inside Climate News. — Katie Surma, Sun Sentinel, 19 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for unsanitary

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsanitary

Adjective

Few things at airports irritate customers like filthy toilets or water on the restroom floor.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2026
His greatest series let people see a character who has revealed the filthiest, most shameful parts of themselves, and imagine them as a mirror.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of filthy

Adjective

Turner has pointed out that Santa Clara County, the heart of Silicon Valley, is among the most polluted places in America, while roughly a quarter of local families experience food insecurity.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026
And humans and our behaviors are one of the biggest reasons our river water becomes polluted.

— Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of polluted

Adjective

The mop head was stored directly inside the mop bucket, soiled and wet, and not in use.

— Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado July 24, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026
Let the cleaner sit for 15 minutes and blot the excess, or cover it with a damp cloth and leave it for up to 24 hours for heavily soiled or old, set-in spots.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 26 June 2026

Definition of soiled

Adjective

Footage aired by local media showed massive flames and fireballs erupting from the tank, with black and orange smoke rising in the sky as firefighters spray what appears to be foam or water in efforts to quench the intense fire.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
Several black tattoos, including one of a cocktail glass, flex across his arms.

— Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of black

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
The company admitted that by January 2021 some employees were aware that the insanitary conditions were causing products to become contaminated.

— Kate Gibson, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2024

Definition of insanitary

Adjective

April 20 – May 20 Steady steps make messy tasks feel manageable.

— Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2026
Everyone has a plan, sure, and sometimes an ironclad belief in their motivations for that plan, but something always twists itself into a messy little knot in the execution.

— Brian Grubb, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026