GERMY Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

germy

adjective

Definition of germy

as in unsanitary

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Recent Examples of germy The bathroom is the center of cleanliness in many homes, and if your hand towels and toothbrushes are old and germy, your entire home can feel less clean. — Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Sep. 2025 These shower caps are also useful for creating a barrier between your hands and hotel room items that tend to be more germy, like remote controls. — Aly Walansky, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2026 The breezy-as-can-be silhouette looked as comfortable as sweatpants, while the longer hems would serve as a protective barrier between my legs and any germy airplane seats — a personal ick of mine — during summer travel. — Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026 At the Vancouver Olympics, Norwegian athletes were issued plastic sheeting to cover germy hotel carpeting. — Outside, 28 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for germy

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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

Adjective

The team aimed to fashion a rotting meat smell to recreate this slightly unhygienic oral arrangement.

— RJ Mackenzie, Popular Science, 11 June 2026
Airline blankets can be reused from passenger to passenger, which, to state the obvious, is extremely unhygienic.

— Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2026

Definition of unhygienic

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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

Definition of insanitary

Adjective

From downtown Los Angeles to the San Gabriel Valley, tens of thousands were enveloped in unhealthful levels of smoke, even as some local officials told residents that the air posed no danger.

— Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
The soil may contain pathogens, pesticides and other unhealthful things.

— Joan Morris, Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2026

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