as in unsanitary
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Recent Examples of unhygienic
Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers filed a legal claim Tuesday against New York City, alleging the disgraced Hollywood mogul is receiving poor medical care and living in an unhygienic environment at the Rikers Island jail complex.
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Chloe Melas, NBC News, 27 Nov. 2024
This type of raw milk is wholly different from raw milk being produced in unhygienic conditions.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
Conditions were said to be overcrowded and unhygienic.
—Colin Millar, The Athletic, 28 July 2024
In 1960, Singaporeans primarily lived in unhygienic slums and crowded squatter settlements before the formation of the Housing and Development Board (HDB), given the goal of solving the acute housing crisis at the time, and, with it, public hygiene.
—Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Chloe Melas, NBC News, 27 Nov. 2024
This type of raw milk is wholly different from raw milk being produced in unhygienic conditions.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
Conditions were said to be overcrowded and unhygienic.
—Colin Millar, The Athletic, 28 July 2024
In 1960, Singaporeans primarily lived in unhygienic slums and crowded squatter settlements before the formation of the Housing and Development Board (HDB), given the goal of solving the acute housing crisis at the time, and, with it, public hygiene.
—Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unhygienic
Adjective
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For over a century, the presence of coliform bacteria has been considered an indicator of unsanitary conditions.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Additionally, the reptiles were subjected to cruel treatment and being kept in unsanitary conditions, the department added.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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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 2 May. 2025.
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