Unsanitary (Adjective)
Meaning
Not sanitary or healthful; "unsanitary open sewers"; "grim and unsanitary conditions".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The refugee camp struggled with unsanitary living conditions, making disease a constant threat.
- Poor maintenance had turned the old swimming pool into an unsanitary and hazardous area.
- Many low-income households are forced to live in grim and unsanitary apartments with leaky pipes.
- Inspectors deemed the food processing plant unsanitary and shut it down immediately.
- Years of neglect had led to the formation of unsanitary conditions at the city's largest landfill.