How to Use unsanitary in a Sentence

unsanitary

adjective
  • All of that is to say — the debate at Howard isn’t just about the school’s unsanitary dorms.
    Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Most of the men died because of unsanitary conditions, and the role of women was to clean the wounds, clean the clothes.
    Marley Marius, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2021
  • The city’s jails are unsanitary and crowded even in normal times.
    New York Times, 11 Apr. 2020
  • The concern is, of course, that using one’s own chopsticks to serve from a common dish is unsanitary.
    Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Viral videos of teenagers pulling unsanitary pranks at sushi belt restaurants in Japan have sparked outrage and caused stocks at one chain to slump.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 3 Feb. 2023
  • The conditions in the home were unsanitary, and there was an extreme build-up of animal waste.
    Mike Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Think of your home as a spaceship, and set up an airlock so nothing unsanitary gets into the sterile part of your home.
    Sunset Magazine, 31 Mar. 2020
  • Much of that waste seeped right into Europe’s wells and rivers, and in the 17th and 18th centuries, the Europeans brought their unsanitary practices across the Atlantic.
    Jonathan Schifman, Popular Mechanics, 8 Aug. 2021
  • That is unsanitary and does nothing for his self-esteem.
    Annie Lane, oregonlive, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Instead, they were crowded into unsanitary homes in the city’s Fifth Ward.
    Jeff Andrews, Curbed, 25 Mar. 2021
  • While another noted that the hack may be a bit unsanitary.
    Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2024
  • While another noted that the hack may be a bit unsanitary.
    Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Often found in unsanitary conditions or from improper wound care, tetanus is a severe disease of the nerves that can cause the jaw to lock.
    Taryn Chapman, Parents, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Detainees and their advocates have complained about unsanitary conditions, poor food and said the jail is too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter.
    Jim Salter, Star Tribune, 12 May 2021
  • If she were accused of cutting a client or being unsanitary, Texas might pull her license.
    Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN, 8 July 2020
  • Most are sleeping on the floor, and conditions are unsanitary, the officer said.
    Marisa Iati, Washington Post, 14 May 2022
  • Most of the colonies are overcrowded and unsanitary, according to a 2021 report from the U.S. State Department.
    Justin Klawans, The Week, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The suit cites patients who have to take group showers and complain of living in unsafe and unsanitary conditions.
    USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The safe consumption sites didn’t just offer an escape from death and the unsanitary and dangerous conditions on the street.
    Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2022
  • West, a former lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army, said soldiers had also reached out to him about unsanitary conditions in camps and a lack of proper equipment.
    James Barragán, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Jan. 2022
  • That was the highest number since 2017, when the city was in the midst of a deadly hepatitis A outbreak that was linked to the unsanitary conditions of sidewalk encampments.
    Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 June 2021
  • Then the city declared its conditions unsanitary and asked a judge to hand control to a receiver named Mark Adams to improve the property.
    Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
  • They may be forced or coerced into to working 16 hours a day, seven days a week, in unsanitary conditions.
    Arizona Republic, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2021
  • And many of the asylum-seekers here still resort to bathing and washing clothes in the unsanitary Rio Grande, creating a breeding ground for infections and rashes.
    Silvia Foster-Frau, ExpressNews.com, 14 Feb. 2020
  • Isolated on the Upper West Side, the community was set apart from the unsanitary neighborhoods of the downtown core.
    Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 30 Oct. 2019
  • Shelter space is limited and many have been forced to live in unsanitary conditions.
    Arkansas Online, 3 Sep. 2021
  • While some online found dipping fruits in ocean water and eating them to be unsanitary and maybe unsafe, others have since been inspired to try it out themselves.
    Ariana Garcia, Chron, 28 Apr. 2022
  • New York designer Alan Tanksley calls out their uneven surfaces and unsanitary grout lines.
    Rachel Wolfe, WSJ, 2 Oct. 2020
  • Inspection records showed issues in the plant dating back to at least 2021, including reports of mold and mildew, insects, water leaks and other unsanitary conditions.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2024
  • The facilities were reportedly unsafe and riddled with garbage and filth, apparent black mold or mildew, and unsanitary conditions.
    Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2024

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