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insanitary

[ in-san-i-ter-ee ]

adjective



insanitary

/ ɪnˈsænɪtərɪ; -trɪ /

adjective

  1. not sanitary; dirty or infected


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Derived Forms

  • inˈsanitariness, noun

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Other Words From

  • in·sani·tari·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of insanitary1

First recorded in 1870–75; in- 3 + sanitary

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Example Sentences

The houses were overcrowded, dark, insanitary, without privacy and generally unattractive.

Only three of the laundries had wet floors; only three were dirty; only one had an insanitary lavatory and toilet room.

The granting to corporations and councils power to close insanitary houses, and to make their owners repair them.

Many of them died in the great insanitary sheds in which p. 130they were confined, and others lost their reason.

Ill-furnished and insanitary abodes drive forth their inmates to seek the brightness and comfort of the saloon.

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