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unsanitary

[ uhn-san-i-ter-ee ]

/ ʌnˈsæn ɪˌtɛr i /

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adjective

not sanitary; unhealthy or unhealthful; tending to harbor or spread disease: unsanitary living conditions.

Also insanitary.

Origin of unsanitary

First recorded in 1870–75; un-¹ + sanitary

OTHER WORDS FROM unsanitary

un·san·i·tar·i·ly, adverb

Words nearby unsanitary

unsafety, unsaid, unsaleable, unsalted, unsanctioned, unsanitary, unsatisfactory, unsatisfied, unsatisfying, unsaturated, unsaturated compound

Example sentences from the Web for unsanitary

The 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.

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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

unsanitary

/ (ʌnˈsænɪtərɪ, -trɪ) /

adjective

not conducive to or promoting health; dirty or unhygienic

Medical definitions for unsanitary

unsanitary

[ ŭn-săn′ĭ-tĕr′ē ]

adj.

Not sanitary.