insanitary
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6.9
- adjective
- /ɪnˈsænɪˌtɛri/
:
insalubre
- The report highlighted insanitary conditions in the public restroom, urging immediate repairs to ensure cleanliness.
- insanitary conditions
Examples
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"However, a component is unacceptable" if it consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance, "and" if the food has been prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions." A component is also unacceptable if it contains a "poisonous or deleterious substance" and is not specifically exempted.
Academic text (1996) -
The restaurant was shut down due to its insanitary kitchen conditions, which posed serious health dangers.
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This is insanitary.
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It's insanitary.
Fiction book (1995) -
A potential for problems from this activity manifests itself in odor complaints, insanitary conditions around the somewhat open cooking area, and improper disposal of bone, offal, and hide wastes.
Academic text (1994) -
Living in insanitary housing can lead to various health issues, including respiratory infections.
Synonyms
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1.6
Not good for your health and likely to cause illness
16
3.7
Not clean and likely to cause illness
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6.3
Harmful to health or to how someone behaves
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4.8
Not clean and likely to make people sick
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4.8
Harmful to your health and likely to make you sick
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5.5
Not free from germs
Not cleaned and may have germs or dirt
Not completely free from germs
A place that makes people likely to get sick
Antonyms
How Unsanitary
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word insanitary breaks into in- and sanitary; think of in- as 'not', like in inactive, and sanitary coming from a root meaning 'health', as in sanity. So, insanitary means 'not clean' or 'not healthy', which is why it describes places that can cause disease.