unsanitary.

Dirty or arranged in a way that risks health through poor hygiene.

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• unsanitary conditions

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Unsanitary conditions closed the kitchen.

The cramped ward became unsanitary.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. Forms: Comparative more unsanitary; superlative most unsanitary where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.