unhygienic

unhygienic
unhygienic 1883, from UN- (Cf. un-) (1) “not” + HYGENIC (Cf. hygenic).

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  • unhygienic — index insalubrious, peccant (unhealthy) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • unhygienic — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not hygienic. DERIVATIVES unhygienically adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • unhygienic — [spelling only] …   English World dictionary

  • unhygienic — [[t]ʌ̱nhaɪʤi͟ːnɪk, AM ʤie̱nɪk[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you describe something as unhygienic, you mean that it is dirty and likely to cause infection or disease. Parts of the shop were very dirty, unhygienic, and an ideal breeding ground for bacteria …   English dictionary

  • unhygienic — un·hy·gi·en·ic .ən .hī jē en ik, jen , jēn adj not healthful or sanitary <unhygienic conditions> <unhygienic habits> un·hy·gi·en·i·cal·ly i k(ə )lē adv …   Medical dictionary

  • unhygienic — adj. Unhygienic is used with these nouns: ↑condition …   Collocations dictionary

  • unhygienic — un|hy|gie|nic [ˌʌnhaıˈdʒi:nık US ˈdʒe , ˈdʒi: ] adj dirty and likely to make people ill ▪ unhygienic conditions >unhygienically [ kli] adv …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • unhygienic — un|hy|gien|ic [ ,ʌnhaı dʒinık ] adjective not clean, and likely to cause disease: unhygienic conditions/surroundings …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • unhygienic — UK [ˌʌnhaɪˈdʒiːnɪk] / US [ˌʌnhaɪˈdʒɪnɪk] adjective not clean, and likely to cause disease unhygienic conditions/surroundings …   English dictionary

  • unhygienic — adj. * * * …   Universalium

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