How to Use unsanitary in a Sentence

unsanitary

adjective

• 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
• 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
• 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
• While another noted that the hack may be a bit unsanitary.
  — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 12 Feb. 2024
• 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
• Most are sleeping on the floor, and conditions are unsanitary, the officer said.
  — Marisa Iati, Washington Post, 14 May 2022
• 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 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
• 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
• Then the city declared its conditions unsanitary and asked a judge to hand control to a receiver named Mark Adams to improve the property.
  — Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
• They may be forced or coerced into to working 16 hours a day, seven days a week, in unsanitary conditions.
  — Arizona Republic, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2021
• Shelter space is limited and many have been forced to live in unsanitary conditions.
  — Arkansas Online, 3 Sep. 2021
• While some online found dipping fruits in ocean water and eating them to be unsanitary and maybe unsafe, others have since been inspired to try it out themselves.
  — Ariana Garcia, Chron, 28 Apr. 2022
• The rows of porta-potties, shared by thousands of quarantined people, were an unsanitary mess.
  — Tiffany Ap, Quartz, 13 Apr. 2022
• In many chicken farms, animals are raised in crowded and unsanitary conditions and can be prone to disease.
  — David Goldman, CNN, 25 Mar. 2024
• In many chicken farms, animals are raised in crowded and unsanitary conditions and can be prone to disease.
  — David Goldman, CNN, 3 July 2023
• Gloves are only sanitary if they have not been touched by unwashed hands or have not touched other unsanitary surfaces.
  — Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2021
• Eating undercooked pork and being around unsanitary conditions are two of the most common ways to get a tapeworm.
  — Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2021
• Inmates who have been confined mostly to their cells for more than four months describe unsanitary conditions and a dearth of medical care.
  — Mario Koran Jamie Kelter Davis, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2023
• More than ten thousand Haitian migrants huddled in an unsanitary tent city at the U.S.- Mexico border.
  — NBC News, 19 Sep. 2021
• Where steel stones can be washed with soap and water, stone and cast iron should be washed with water alone — which can sometimes feel unsanitary and can in turn lead you to want to scrub it even further in hopes of dislodging any food remnants.
  — Rebecca Norris, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2023
• He was then transferred to the nation’s only prison, Fox Hill, which is notorious for its poor and unsanitary conditions.
  — Tory Newmyer, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2022
• This woman can continue to choose to live in her unsafe and unsanitary conditions.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 28 Jan. 2022
• The virus can transmit via food or water handled in unsanitary conditions.
  — Erin Prater, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2022
• The unsanitary areas included: the side of the back merchandiser; the soda syrup rack; dry storage shelves; floor and all containers in the storage area hallway; walk-in fan covers and all shelving.
  — Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 9 Feb. 2024
• On Thursday, the city shut off water to the condo’s south wing and posted orange stickers alerting residents that the building is unsafe due to the unsanitary conditions.
  — Joe Cavaretta, sun-sentinel.com, 17 Oct. 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024