insanitary

Breeding ground conditions

Insanitary means unhygienic or likely to be harmful to health: insanitary conditions in the refugee camp, The restaurant was closed due to insanitary food handling.

The word is more common in British English; Americans typically say unsanitary.

conditions

squalid

Extremely dirty and neglected

dirty · grimy · unclean · contaminated · polluted · fetid · sordid · slum · overcrowded · dilapidated

infrastructure

sewage

Liquid refuse in drains

cesspit · wastewater · runoff · effluent · toilet · outhouse · septic · standing water · gutters · sewer

Opposites
cleanliness and hygiene

insanitarysanitary

Free of harmful microbes

hygienic · clean · sterile · healthful · salubrious

Family

sane, sanitation, sanitary, sanitize, unsanitary, sanitized, sanitizer, sanitizing, sanitizes

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G