UNSTERILIZED Synonyms: 111 Similar and Opposite Words

unsterilized

adjective

Definition of unsterilized

as in unsterile

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Recent Examples of unsterilized Animal shelters across the country have been battling a deacades-long pandemic of sorts dealing with the consequences of unvaccinated and unsterilized pets, from surrenders of pets to animal shelters to the needless euthanasia of homeless pets. — Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Sep. 2021 Out-of-control children were dosed with adult tranquilizers, administered through unsterilized needles, while many who fell ill received transfusions of unscreened blood. — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 21 Dec. 2020 Wollstonecraft was later to die in tragic irony, at the unsterilized hands of the male surgeon who delivered her second daughter, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, a genius who manifested her mother’s bioethical themes in the novel of the era, Frankenstein. — Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 19 Nov. 2020 The disease often results from cutting the umbilical cord with an unsterilized instrument, introducing the microbe into a susceptible wound. — Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 29 Sep. 2015 See All Example Sentences for unsterilized

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsterilized

Adjective

There have also been reports of black market silicone injections, which are done illegally and in typically unsterile environments – further increasing the risk for health problems.

— Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2023
There is also a risk that the contact lens and packing solution may become unsterile.

— Yoni Heisler, BGR, 19 May 2021

Definition of unsterile

Adjective

Gatz was cited for unsanitary conditions and household trash dumped all over the site.

— Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 7 July 2026
The hotel falsely advertised accommodations with two queen beds and then gave you a room with smaller beds and alarming, unsanitary conditions, including suspicious red splatters.

— Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 6 July 2026

Definition of unsanitary

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

Keep unwashed produce separate from ready-to-eat foods and raw meat, poultry or seafood.

— Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
Scabies, ringworm, rashes from numerous unknown sources and unwashed skin was wrapped in clothing of stiff linen, smelly woolens or coarse calico.

— Katherine Ott, The Conversation, 2 July 2026

Definition of unwashed

Adjective

However, Strickland says a dirty filter or uncleaned condenser reduces your system's efficiency, which can raise energy bills.

— Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 30 June 2026
Red chili peppers in a can on the bottom shelf of the prep table were left uncleaned.

— Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 27 Feb. 2026

Definition of uncleaned

Adjective

Taco Bell has been sued at least three times in federal court this week, with plaintiffs alleging negligence, breach of warranty and violations of deceptive trade practices law for allegedly selling contaminated lettuce.

— Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
In many cases, people contract the disease by inhaling tiny droplets of contaminated water.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 July 2026

Definition of contaminated

Adjective

Dozens of people had spent almost a year living outside, filthy and exhausted, and for what?

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
From shabby apartments to art experiments to filthy needles—with echoes of Patti Smith and Rebecca Makkai—Adler conjures an era of sorrow borne by too many, too young.

— Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026

Definition of filthy

Adjective

Putting diseased plant material in your compost pile and using unclean or dull pruning tools also increases the risk of transmitting issues from plant to plant.

— Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 5 July 2026
The floor sink beneath the 3-comp sink was draining slowly and observed unclean.

— Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado July 3, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2026

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