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[ uhn-san-i-ter-ee ] / ʌnˈsæn ɪˌtɛr i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR unsanitary ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot sanitary; unhealthy or unhealthful; tending to harbor or spread disease: unsanitary living conditions. Origin of unsanitaryFirst recorded in 1870–75; un-1 + sanitary OTHER WORDS FROM unsanitaryun·san·i·tar·i·ly, adverbWords nearby unsanitaryunsafety, unsaid, unsaleable, unsalted, unsanctioned, unsanitary, unsatisfactory, unsatisfied, unsatisfying, unsaturated, unsaturated compound Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for unsanitaryThe majority of the early cases were traced back to unsanitary needles. The Original Ebola Hunter|Abby Haglage|September 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST And many parents prefer not to bring small children to the gloomy and often unsanitary hotels near the colonies. Inside the Pussy Rioters’ Russian Prisons|Anna Nemtsova|October 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST The camp now is now an unsanitary eyesore, strewn with garbage, drug paraphernalia, and rats looking for leftovers. Occupy Turns Sinister|K.J. Kaila|November 7, 2011|DAILY BEAST For the past decade or so, curly hair has somehow signified insanity, or worse yet, implied that you were unsanitary. The Ease of Frizz|Renata Espinosa|May 20, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Beef trusts and the high price of beef, tuberculous cattle, unsanitary transportation and markets were not factors in her problem. Foods and Household Management|Helen Kinne About 60 persons lived in this house which was once licensed as a tenement but which is unsanitary in a multitude of ways. Plague|Thomas Wright Jackson She would not be human did she not revile her Municipal Commissioners and talk about the unsanitary condition of the island. From Sea to Sea|Rudyard Kipling Ulterior results, unsanitary or otherwise, do not come within the compass of this sketch. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 99., October 11, 1890|Various Here we have crowding, unsanitary conditions, immoral atmosphere, and all the attendant evils. The Social Work of the Salvation Army|Edwin Gifford Lamb
British Dictionary definitions for unsanitary
adjectivenot conducive to or promoting health; dirty or unhygienic Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to unsanitaryfilthy, unhealthy, contaminated, unhealthful, dusty, foul, grimy, messy, muddy, rancid, rank, rotten, sloppy, stinking, soiled, polluted, stained, sullied, tarnished, unhygienic Medical definitions for unsanitaryThe American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |