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Definition of unhygienic adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

unhygienic

adjective

NAmE//ˌʌnhaɪˈdʒɛnɪk//

, NAmE//ˌʌnhaɪˈdʒinɪk//

, NAmE//ˌʌnhaɪdʒiˈɛnɪk//

not clean and therefore likely to cause disease or infection The animals were kept in cramped and unhygienic conditions. opposite hygienic

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