un·san·i·tar·y

[uhn-san-i-ter-ee]
adjective
not sanitary; unhealthy or unhealthful; tending to harbor or spread disease: unsanitary living conditions.
Also, insanitary.


Origin:
1870–75; un-1 + sanitary

un·san·i·tar·i·ly, adverb
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unsanitary (ʌnˈsænɪtərɪ, -trɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
not conducive to or promoting health; dirty or unhygienic

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Unsanitary is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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unsanitary un·san·i·tar·y (ŭn-sān'ĭ-těr'ē)
adj.
Not sanitary.

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Example sentences
And because counterfeits are made in clandestine and often unsanitary factories, they might be adulterated with toxic ingredients.
These epidemics were directly related to unsanitary conditions caused by human and animal wastes, and garbage.
Her words were far from glowing, describing the food as salty and the dining conditions unsanitary.
Any food can become contaminated if food preparation conditions and equipment are unsanitary.
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