unsanitary
16
3.7
- adjective
- /ˌʌnˈsænɪˌtɛri/
:
insalubre
- About one-third of clients faced unsanitary conditions in their homes in the form of infestations, feces, and rotten food.
- unsanitary conditions
- crowded and unsanitary
- unsafe and unsanitary
Examples
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Many families lived in crowded horse stalls, often in unsanitary conditions.
Academic text (2018) -
The physician's chief concern was the unsanitary conditions on the travel group's return transatlantic flight.
Academic text (2008) -
It's so unsanitary down here.
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A scientific investigation showed that the children actually died due to unsanitary practices in the hospital.
Blog text (13) -
Unsanitary medical instruments were used to treat the president immediately after the attack.
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Many young people have known only the uncertainty, transitoriness, and unsanitary conditions of refugee settlements.
Academic text (1999) -
Women rarely had access to bathing facilities and instead turned to the dangerously unsanitary public bathhouses.
Academic text (1996) -
The combination of unsanitary quarters, rations, clothing, and hygiene inevitably led to illness and death.
Academic text (2007) -
The history of nursing began in London in the late 1800s with the reform of unsanitary conditions by Florence Nightingale.
Academic text (2005) -
The restaurant was closed due to unsanitary conditions in the kitchen.
Synonyms
525
1.0
Not clean or covered with dirt
183
1.5
Very dirty and covered with mud or dirt
7
1.3
Dirty and covered in dust, food, or grease
3
4.8
Not clean and likely to make people sick
1
4.5
Dirty and covered with tiny living things that can make you sick
1
4.8
Harmful to your health and likely to make you sick
1
5.5
Not free from germs
1
6.9
Dirty and likely to cause disease
Not cleaned and may have germs or dirt
Something that becomes unsafe because it touches something dirty or harmful
Antonyms
How Hygienic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unsanitary is made of un- ('not') and sanitary, which comes from a word meaning 'health' and appears in sanitation. So unsanitary means 'not clean for health', which is why it can cause disease.