unsanitary

[uhn-san-i-ter-ee]

adjective

1. not sanitary; unhealthy or unhealthful; tending to harbor or spread disease.

   unsanitary living conditions.

unsanitary

/ ʌnˈsænɪtərɪ, -trɪ /

adjective

1. not conducive to or promoting health; dirty or unhygienic

Other Word Forms

• unsanitarily adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of unsanitary¹

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

Example Sentences

The comment section quickly blew up as people tried to figure out the restaurant’s location and name, wanting to report the unsanitary practice, but the video’s caption only said it was near San José.

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It was as if someone had made a goulash out of spoiled fish, sprinkled it with pungent cheese, and then served it in an unsanitary shoe.

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With its descriptions of cattle with tuberculosis being slaughtered and workers with other diseases handling meat, “The Jungle” sparked an outcry about unsanitary and unsafe conditions in the meat industry.

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Mr Maqoma showed the BBC a dark, unsanitary bathroom with a toilet that he said he flushes by pouring a bucket of water down it.

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Lawyers say instead it has become a “black site,” holding immigrants for days or weeks in squalid and unsanitary conditions without access to legal counsel.

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