How to Use unsanitary in a Sentence

unsanitary

adjective
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  • 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
  • Deputies soon went back to the girl's home, where they were struck by its unsanitary state, Fellows said.
    — Crimesider Staff, CBS News, 16 Jan. 2018
  • Her first store had a full list of crazy rules and fans thought her Topshop stores were unsanitary.
    — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 21 May 2018
  • The city’s jails are unsanitary and crowded even in normal times.
    — New York Times, 11 Apr. 2020
  • Others who want the village removed say the site is unsanitary and draws drugs and crime to the neighborhood.
    — Jennifer Conn, Akron Reporter, cleveland.com, 11 Apr. 2018
  • 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
  • Dogs in parks are unsanitary and pose a safety concern around children.
    — Jane Ford-Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2018
  • 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
  • Related In Gaza, fresh water is unsanitary and the seas are polluted with raw sewage.
    — NBC News, 15 May 2018
  • 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 shameful Marchand licking act has to be as unsanitary as spitting on someone’s face.
    — Kevin Allen, USA TODAY, 5 May 2018
  • 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
  • County and state inspectors arrived and found rooms that were unsanitary and poorly heated, and walls and hallways full of holes.
    — Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2018
  • 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
  • Malnutrition is rife among the young, and diseases like polio, hepatitis, and cholera are flourishing in the crowded and unsanitary conditions.
    — Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 7 Oct. 2024
  • When someone refuses an offer of housing or services, there is often a good reason: shelters can be dangerous and unsanitary.
    — Afdhel Aziz, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024

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