unsanitary (C1)
adjective
Definition
unsanitary means not sanitary; unhealthy; dirty. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.
Examples
The writer described the response as unsanitary.
A unsanitary tone can change the mood of a conversation.
The situation became unsanitary after the announcement.
How to Use unsanitary
- unsanitary + noun (collocation)
- Use unsanitary before a noun to describe that quality. — "The writer described a unsanitary reaction."
- become unsanitary (collocation)
- Use after become, seem, or be for a state or quality. — "The discussion became unsanitary near the end."
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