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Recent Examples of unhygienic
Mineral extraction has damaging social consequences in developing countries, where the impoverished are often compelled to work in unsafe and unhygienic conditions.
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Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Pet Supplies Storing any sort of pet items like food, litter boxes, or toys in your bedroom closet can be unhygienic.
—Katelyn Squiers, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Mar. 2025
This will help keep unsightly and unhygienic mildew at bay.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2025
Plastic pieces in food may also , especially if the plastic originates from unhygienic sources or is exposed to unsanitary conditions.
—Jess Thomson, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Pet Supplies Storing any sort of pet items like food, litter boxes, or toys in your bedroom closet can be unhygienic.
—Katelyn Squiers, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Mar. 2025
This will help keep unsightly and unhygienic mildew at bay.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2025
Plastic pieces in food may also , especially if the plastic originates from unhygienic sources or is exposed to unsanitary conditions.
—Jess Thomson, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unhygienic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unhygienic
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Despite complaints from detainees and their lawyers about unsanitary conditions such as clogged toilets, limited showers, and high temperatures, DeSantis has called Alligator Alcatraz a blueprint for temporary detention that other states can follow.—
Churchill Ndonwie,
Miami Herald,
28 July 2025
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Overcrowding often results in unsanitary and unsafe conditions both for those detained and those who work in the facilities.—
The Denver Post Editorial Board,
Denver Post,
23 July 2025
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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
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In a civil complaint filed Sept. 27 in federal court, authorities allege that Rizo Lopez Foods violated the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act at the company’s facility in Modesto by manufacturing and distributing food products that have been prepared, packed or held under insanitary conditions.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Oct. 2024
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“Unhygienic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhygienic. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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