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Definition of unhygienic adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

unhygienic

adjective
 
/ˌʌnhaɪˈdʒiːnɪk/
 
/ˌʌnhaɪˈdʒenɪk/,
 
/ˌʌnhaɪˈdʒiːnɪk/
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  1. not clean and therefore likely to cause disease or infection
    • The animals were kept in cramped and unhygienic conditions.
    • The kitchen looked unhygienic and unfit for preparing food.
    opposite hygienic
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryUnhygienic is used with these nouns:
    • condition
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