unhygienic
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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The conditions are as unhygienic as can be imagined in a subterranean tunnel with no light, air, running water or sanitation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025
He is, by any metric, deeply unhygienic — but also, endearingly devoted.
From Salon • Jul. 22, 2025
The workers – all undocumented migrants – were found during the 2023 September harvest living in cramped and unhygienic conditions in a building at Nesle-le-Repons, southwest of Reims in the heart of champagne country.
From BBC • Jun. 19, 2025
The relief camps are unhygienic and there’s never enough space or food, Ali said, and “sometimes we get only rice and salt for days.”
From Seattle Times • May 21, 2024
I hesitate—my dad is a doctor, after all, and holy unhygienic, Batman!—but then she starts wiggling it and making her eyebrows dance.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
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