Definition of "insanitary" [in•san•i•ta•ry]

• So unclean as to be a likely cause of disease: insanitary conditions in the restaurant. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "(Yes, insanitary is a word, even though right now Microsoft Word doesn’t believe it.)"
• "You called him "insanitary" but defended his right to free speech in an impassioned article in 1985."
• "Department of Agriculture, states that practices used at the plant to process meat in June were "insanitary" and did not effectively prevent the meat from becoming contaminated with E. coli O157: H."