How to Use unhygienic in a Sentence
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In some ways, the team found that life centuries ago was unhygienic as might be imagined.
—Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian, 4 May 2018
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The current refugee camps near the beach town of Cox’s Bazar are overcrowded and unhygienic.
—Time, 17 Jan. 2020
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Again, just no concept of germs or how unhygienic that would be.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2017
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Workplaces can become unhygienic pits in the best of times.
—Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 22 June 2020
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The fork was once considered immoral, unhygienic and a tool of the devil.
—Amy Azzarito, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2020
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They can be kept in seclusion for weeks, deprived of meals and made to live in unhygienic conditions.
—Bukola Adebayo, CNN, 27 Mar. 2020
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Quick-to-eat foods, unhygienic meals and drinks, and no desire to work out worsen the situation.
—Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2023
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All of the above has contributed to the declassification of body hair as something gross, unhygienic, or even taboo, as had been the case for years.
—Deanna Pai, Glamour, 16 Oct. 2018
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Nepal recalls walking into an unhygienic kitchen tucked away in the corner of a crammed labor camp, shared by dozens of workers.
—Zeena Saifi and Becky Anderson, CNN, 9 July 2021
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The unhygienic conditions cause illness, which spreads and sometimes leads to death.
—Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 13 July 2019
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But swimming in a pool on your period is not unhygienic.
—Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 11 Aug. 2016
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Obhof said that with early science on how the virus survives on surfaces, cloth bags may be unhygienic.
—cleveland, 25 Aug. 2020
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The decline of the stepwell began with the British raj, which insisted baolis were unhygienic havens of vermin and disease.
—The Economist, 13 July 2019
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Most Bangladeshi refugee camps are overcrowded and, as a result, unhygienic.
—Rubayat Jesmin, The Conversation, 24 July 2019
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Ensure your nail tech allocates a portion of the dip powder from the pot for your manicure, as dipping your nail into the main pot is unhygienic and can spread germs.
—Danielle James, Good Housekeeping, 21 June 2021
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And just as important to Fromberg as shattering stereotypes is getting the point across that pubic hair isn’t dirty or unhygienic.
—Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 27 July 2018
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As mentioned, build-up of any kind can result in your dishes not being cleaned properly or lead to food residue, which can make your dishwasher smelly and unhygienic.
—Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping, 8 Mar. 2021
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At the lunch, Meghan learned about my work, including that 50 percent of women in India were using unhygienic methods, like old rags and leaves, to manage their cycles.
—Suhani Jalota, Glamour, 18 May 2018
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The term is used broadly to refer to unhygienic actions at Japan’s sushi train restaurants, where customers pick dishes from conveyor belts.
—Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 9 June 2023
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They are loathed by many who view them as unhygienic hangers-on that need to be stamped out with a lethal battery of fungicides, disinfectants and pharmaceuticals.
—Richard Schiffman, Washington Post, 15 July 2022
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To many, wall-to-wall carpet in a bathroom feels wrong and possibly unhygienic, but not everyone was inherently grossed out.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 9 July 2020
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Out of shame, many women use traditional rags and wash and dry them discreetly, storing them in damp and unhygienic conditions.
—Angela Dewan, CNN, 28 May 2018
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But other physicians were skeptical and bitterly resisted the notion that their sloppy and unhygienic practices were the cause of so many deaths.
—John J. Ross, WSJ, 13 Oct. 2017
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Some worry that drinking out of a glass at a bar without a straw is unhygienic, but given that glassware is put through superhot dishwashers, this isn’t much of an argument.
—Bee Wilson, WSJ, 13 Apr. 2018
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South Africa is one of the world’s most unequal societies, with millions of people living in cramped, unhygienic conditions in townships with no clean water or public health care.
—Lynsey Chutel, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2020
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The 44-year-old is sleeping on the concrete floor of a crowded shelter with no mattresses in increasingly unhygienic conditions while her children stay at a friend’s home.
—Evens Sanon and Dánica Coto, Anchorage Daily News, 22 May 2022
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An Oklahoma pastor is getting some flak online for what many deemed was an unhygienic sermon on Sunday.
—Bradford Betz, Fox News, 18 Jan. 2022
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The report reveals that the trade also presents biosecurity risks, with unhygienic practices encouraging the spread of diseases such as anthrax, tetanus and equine flu.
—Jack Guy, CNN, 21 Nov. 2019
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Thousands have been displaced this year, forced to live in overcrowded and unhygienic temporary shelters.
—Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2021
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Obesity is often seen as a moral failing, and those who are heavy are sometimes deemed unhygienic, lazy, or unintelligent.10 These stereotypes could have real consequences for people’s livelihoods without legislative protections.
—Julia Landwehr, Health, 8 June 2023
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