poor ventilation
Inadequate air circulation
Poor ventilation is inadequate air circulation in an enclosed space, allowing stale air, moisture, pollutants, or heat to accumulate.
Buildings with poor ventilation trap odors, encourage mold growth, and may pose health risks: The basement's poor ventilation made it damp and musty.
The phrase often appears in discussions of indoor air quality, workplace safety, and building codes.
- stuffyLacking fresh air
- mustyStale from dampness
- airlessHaving no atmosphere
- suffocatingDepriving of air
- can't breatheUnable to inhale
stagnant · trapped air · humid · damp · mold · condensation · basement · windowless · cramped · sweltering · choking · fumes · exhaust · smoke-filled · claustrophobic · oppressive · muggy · close
- hazardsfire hazard, fire hazards, toxin, contamination, tripping hazard
- Mining Hazardscave-in, collapse, explosion, methane, gas explosion
- worksite hazardselectrocution, cave-in, falling objects, chemical exposure, asbestos
- stuffy roommustiness, staleness, airlessness, fustiness, stagnation
- Beekeeping Problemscolony collapse, starvation, CCD, swarming, parasites
- sweatshopssweatshop labor, garment worker, garment workers, garment factories, factory workers
poor ventilationcross-ventilation
Airflow through opposing openings
open-air · drafty · breezy · fresh air · fresh breeze
poor, poorer, poorest, poorly, poorness, impoverish, impoverished, impoverishment, ventilate