unsanitary
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Detained in Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center, a federal prison known for unsanitary conditions, Maduro is alone in a cell, with no access to the internet or newspapers.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
This has led to problems with the vessel's waste disposal and cleaning mechanisms, leading to blocked toilets and unsanitary living conditions, they added.
From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026
When Antoniadi failed to give them anything, they declared that this spotless Pizza Hut was unsanitary.
From Slate • Nov. 13, 2025
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.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025
Sanitary or unsanitary, plague or no plague, to black boys and girls my age the yard was a paradise playground.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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