unsanitary
Breeding ground conditions
Unsanitary means not clean enough to protect health—contaminated or likely to spread disease.
Unsanitary conditions involve exposure to dirt, waste, or pathogens: unsanitary drinking water, unsanitary food handling.
The word often appears in health inspections and public health contexts: The restaurant was shut down for unsanitary conditions.
Not clean
- filthyThoroughly unclean
- grimyCoated in stubborn dirt
- soiledMade unclean
- squalidExtremely dirty and neglected
dingy · mucky · unclean · foul · greasy · dusty · grubby · smudged
Nucleus-free single-celled organisms
- germsMicroscopic disease agents
- microbesMicroscopic living organisms
- pathogensDisease-causing microorganisms
- virusMicroscopic infectious agent
fungus · mold · parasites · spores · infection · contagion · biohazard · contaminated
Liquid refuse in drains
- wastewaterContaminated drainage from buildings
- effluentDischarged liquid waste
- toxicCapable of causing harm
- runoffExcess water drainage
chemicals · pesticides · landfill · dumping · industrial · impure · tainted · noxious
Not clean or sanitary
- insalubriousHarmful to health
- unwholesomeDetrimental to wellbeing
- diseaseDisorder impairing normal function
- illnessState of poor health
dysentery · cholera · typhoid · hepatitis · diarrhea · foodborne · waterborne · outbreak
dirty
Not clean
squalid · dingy · mucky · unclean · foul · greasy · dusty · grubby · smudged · stained
bacteria
Nucleus-free single-celled organisms
- germsMicroscopic disease agents
- microbesMicroscopic living organisms
- pathogensDisease-causing microorganisms
virus · fungus · mold · parasites · spores · infection · contagion · biohazard · contaminated · infectious
sewage
Liquid refuse in drains
- wastewaterContaminated drainage from buildings
- effluentDischarged liquid waste
- toxicCapable of causing harm
runoff · chemicals · pesticides · landfill · dumping · industrial · impure · tainted · noxious · hazardous
unhygienic
Not clean or sanitary
- insalubriousHarmful to health
- unwholesomeDetrimental to wellbeing
- diseaseDisorder impairing normal function
illness · dysentery · cholera · typhoid · hepatitis · diarrhea · foodborne · waterborne · outbreak · epidemic
- cleanlinessclean, cleanliness, clean up, dirty, neatness
- filthdirt, grime, dirty, filthy, muck
- sanitationsewage, sewers, cleaning, sewer, disinfecting
- disgustdisgust, disgusting, disgusted, revulsion, repulsion
- taintedtainted, contaminated, corrupted, polluted, poisoned
- slumsslum, slums, shanty, shanties, shack
insane, sanity, sanitation, sanitary, sanitize, sanitized, sanitizer, sanitizing, sanitarium