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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“Unhygienic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhygienic. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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