UNHYGIENIC Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

unhygienic

adjective

Definition of unhygienic

as in unsanitary

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Recent Examples of unhygienic Airline blankets can be reused from passenger to passenger, which, to state the obvious, is extremely unhygienic. — Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2026 The spa In Germany, it is considered unhygienic to wear swimming costumes in the sauna and steam, and there’s a relaxed nudity in the chill-out areas around the Finnish sauna and hamman, the ice baths, and the ice waterfall. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Apr. 2026 In-person inspections are widely recognized as essential for uncovering unhygienic practices, equipment failures, and falsified safety data that cannot be detected by reviewing paperwork or inspecting shipments at ports of entry. — Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Nov. 2025 Investigators uncovered more than 190 decomposing bodies last year inside the Penrose facility, many stored in unhygienic conditions. — Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unhygienic

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Epidemics, worsened by the unsanitary conditions caused by the mountains of garbage the government has stopped collecting, combine with the shortage of medicines and the dire state of medical facilities.

— Sarah Moreno July 1, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026
According to investigators, the girl was found with severely matted hair and living in unsanitary conditions.

— Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026

Definition of unsanitary

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Employees were observed to only sanitize their gloved hands after touching insanitary surfaces and then resumed touching RTE food and various food contact surfaces.

— Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 12 Jan. 2025
The company admitted that by January 2021 some employees were aware that the insanitary conditions were causing products to become contaminated.

— Kate Gibson, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2024

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