as in unsanitary
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Recent Examples of germy
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While Staphylococcus aureus is found on many gym surfaces, exercise mats are particularly germy.
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Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 25 Jan. 2025
One of the most effective ways to curb disease transmission indoors is to swap out most of the air in a room — replacing the stale, potentially germy air with fresh air from outside or running it through high-efficiency filters — as often as possible.
—Liz Szabo, CNN, 22 Apr. 2022
But hands can be germy.
—Jake Coyle, ajc, 8 Aug. 2021
Shared gym surfaces had even more microbes living on them than commonly germy household surfaces.
—Josh Max, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
Both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration acknowledge on their websites that surgical masks are generally meant to help protect against large droplets, splashes or sprays of possibly germy fluid.
—Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2022
People’s unwillingness to touch potentially germy surfaces and devices during the pandemic has greatly accelerated the adoption of unique QR codes.
—Matthew Kitchen, WSJ, 23 Oct. 2021
So while a little extra cleaning might not fend off the coronavirus, keeping a less germy office certainly doesn’t hurt.
—Rachel Gutman, The Atlantic, 3 May 2021
Be responsible, don’t be a germy menace, but definitely hold a pair of hearty-yet-silky trousers cut from weighty upholstery fabric in your hands.
—New York Times, 22 Apr. 2021
Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 25 Jan. 2025
One of the most effective ways to curb disease transmission indoors is to swap out most of the air in a room — replacing the stale, potentially germy air with fresh air from outside or running it through high-efficiency filters — as often as possible.
—Liz Szabo, CNN, 22 Apr. 2022
But hands can be germy.
—Jake Coyle, ajc, 8 Aug. 2021
Shared gym surfaces had even more microbes living on them than commonly germy household surfaces.
—Josh Max, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
Both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration acknowledge on their websites that surgical masks are generally meant to help protect against large droplets, splashes or sprays of possibly germy fluid.
—Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2022
People’s unwillingness to touch potentially germy surfaces and devices during the pandemic has greatly accelerated the adoption of unique QR codes.
—Matthew Kitchen, WSJ, 23 Oct. 2021
So while a little extra cleaning might not fend off the coronavirus, keeping a less germy office certainly doesn’t hurt.
—Rachel Gutman, The Atlantic, 3 May 2021
Be responsible, don’t be a germy menace, but definitely hold a pair of hearty-yet-silky trousers cut from weighty upholstery fabric in your hands.
—New York Times, 22 Apr. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for germy
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Contamination: Improper storage or unsanitary preparation can lead to contamination.—
Christina Montoya Fiedler,
Parents,
14 Jan. 2025
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Among the findings: live and dead insects, mildew, black and green mold, and other unsanitary conditions.—
Mike Snider,
USA TODAY,
12 Jan. 2025
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Plastic pieces in food may also , especially if the plastic originates from unhygienic sources or is exposed to unsanitary conditions.—
Jess Thomson,
Newsweek,
9 Jan. 2025
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Weinstein sued the Department of Corrections last week over his medical treatment and the unhygienic conditions at Rikers, claiming his condition has worsened at the facility.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
3 Dec. 2024
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Employees were observed to only sanitize their gloved hands after touching insanitary surfaces and then resumed touching RTE food and various food contact surfaces.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
12 Jan. 2025
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In a civil complaint filed Sept. 27 in federal court, authorities allege that Rizo Lopez Foods violated the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act at the company’s facility in Modesto by manufacturing and distributing food products that have been prepared, packed or held under insanitary conditions.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Oct. 2024
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The unhealthful effects of autocracy remain robust even when accounting for economic differences and when excluding Venezuela and its collapsing health-care system.—
Thomas J. Bollyky,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Jan. 2020
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However, communities in the San Gabriel and San Bernardino mountains were still experiencing unhealthful air quality, according to the air district.—
Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Sep. 2024
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“Germy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/germy. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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