How to Use unhygienic in a Sentence

unhygienic

adjective

• In some ways, the team found that life centuries ago was unhygienic as might be imagined.
  — Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian, 4 May 2018
• The current refugee camps near the beach town of Cox’s Bazar are overcrowded and unhygienic.
  — Time, 17 Jan. 2020
• Again, just no concept of germs or how unhygienic that would be.
  — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2017
• Workplaces can become unhygienic pits in the best of times.
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 22 June 2020
• The fork was once considered immoral, unhygienic and a tool of the devil.
  — Amy Azzarito, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2020
• They can be kept in seclusion for weeks, deprived of meals and made to live in unhygienic conditions.
  — Bukola Adebayo, CNN, 27 Mar. 2020
• Quick-to-eat foods, unhygienic meals and drinks, and no desire to work out worsen the situation.
  — Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2023
• 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
• 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
• The unhygienic conditions cause illness, which spreads and sometimes leads to death.
  — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 13 July 2019
• But swimming in a pool on your period is not unhygienic.
  — Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 11 Aug. 2016
• Obhof said that with early science on how the virus survives on surfaces, cloth bags may be unhygienic.
  — cleveland, 25 Aug. 2020
• 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
• Most Bangladeshi refugee camps are overcrowded and, as a result, unhygienic.
  — Rubayat Jesmin, The Conversation, 24 July 2019
• His remarkably unhygienic method prompted many people to comment their hopes that this was just a skit.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• There were lots of challenges along the way, including things such as pollution, dangerous working conditions, and cramped, unhygienic cities.
  — The Editors, National Review, 18 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 29 Nov 2024