Meaning & use
insanitary
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Not sanitary; dirty or unhygienic in a way likely to cause disease.
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Inspectors shut down the restaurant over insanitary kitchen conditions.
The refugees were housed in cramped, insanitary camps.
A note on using this word
'Insanitary' and 'unsanitary' are essentially interchangeable, though 'unsanitary' is somewhat more common in American English.
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Words with an opposite meaning
sanitaryhygienic
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