unsanitary
pronunciation
How to pronounce unsanitary in British English:
UK [ʌnˈsænətri]
How to pronounce unsanitary in American English:
US [ʌnˈsænəteri]
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- Adjective:
- not sanitary or healthful
Word Origin
- unsanitary (adj.)
- 1871, from un- (1) "not" + sanitary (adj.).
Antonym
Example
- 1. On this analysis , glasgow is still feeling the after-effects of a particularly sudden industrial revolution in the 19th century , when rapid urbanisation cramped workers into unsanitary housing .
- 2. Some people may be starting to realise that eating dogs can be harmful ( dogs may carry diseases and the preparation of the meat can be unsanitary ) but it also encourages animal cruelty .
- 3. At about 1 a.m. tuesday police handed out notices from the park 's owner brookfield office properties and the city saying that the park had to be cleared because it had become unsanitary and hazardous .
- 4. Most of the infected will have contracted it through heterosexual sex . Los angeles , ca ( catholic online ) - hiv gained a foothold in china largely due to unsanitary blood plasma buying schemes and tainted transfusions in hospitals .