insanitation
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of insanitation
First recorded in 1880–85; in- 3 + sanitation
Example Sentences
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Streets knee-deep in mire, mud-floored houses, through which pigs wander at will, shiftlessness, dirt, insanitation are the register of the wet season in interior Panama.
From Prowling about Panama by George A. Miller
One could understand an entire stoppage of passenger traffic in a crisis like this, but never a continuation or accentuation of insanitation and conditions that must undermine health and morality.
From Third class in Indian railways by Mahatma Gandhi
Thus, the hospital at Scutari, never noted for cleanliness, became a hovel of filth and insanitation, to which the alarming death-rate gave ample, if painful, evidence.
From A Gallant Grenadier A Tale of the Crimean War by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton
The god of dirt and insanitation carried away the unneeded residue left by famine.
From India's Problem, Krishna or Christ by John P. (John Peter) Jones
To walk across China, over roads acknowledgedly worse than are met with in any civilized country in the two hemispheres, and having accommodation unequalled for crudeness and insanitation, is not easy.
From Across China on Foot by Edwin John Dingle
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