Insanitary

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to a lack of sanitation; unsanitary, dirty, unhealthy.

    "The important duty of getting rid of uninhabitable houses or insanitary property devolves on the sanitary authority, and requires to be carried out with discrimination."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not sanitary or healthful wordnet

Synonyms

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badcontaminatedfoulharmfulinjuriousinsalubrious

Example

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"Ziri swam in an insanitary place."

Etymology

From in- + sanitary.

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