unhygienic
adjective/ˌʌnhaɪˈdʒiːnɪk/
/ˌʌnhaɪˈdʒenɪk/, /ˌʌnhaɪˈdʒiːnɪk/
- 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.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryUnhygienic is used with these nouns:- condition
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