Lexic.us

Definition of Insanitary

1. Adjective. Not sanitary or healthful. "Grim and unsanitary conditions"

Definition of Insanitary

1. a. Not sanitary; unhealthy; as, insanitary conditions of drainage.

Definition of Insanitary

1. Adjective. (misspelling of unsanitary) ¹

2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a lack of sanitation; unsanitary, dirty, unhealthy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Insanitary

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Insanitary

1. Injurious to health, usually in reference to an unclean or contaminated environment. Synonym: unsanitary. Origin: L. In-neg. + sanus, sound (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Insanitary

Literary usage of Insanitary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Conditions of Labor in American Industries: A Summarization of the Results by William Jett Lauck, Edgar Sydenstricker (1917)
"A brief mention of some of the more important insanitary conditions, with a few illustrations, ... Among the principal insanitary conditions which have ..."

2. The Work of the Rural School by Joseph Dupuy Eggleston, Robert Walter Bruère (1913)
"Above these there are tens of thousands of schools that have one insanitary outhouse for each sex. Here the building of the pyramid ceases, for the number ..."

3. A Treatise on Plague Dealing with the Historical, Epidemiological, Clinical by William John Simpson (1905)
"Still it has to be recognised that insanitary conditions, although they render a locality a suitable nursery ground for the development or spread of the ..."

4. Journal of the Sanitary Institute by Sanitary Institute (Great Britain) (1900)
"'Ihe Removal of insanitary Areas and the Management of Improvement Schemes under the Housing of the Working Classes Act," by PETER ADDIE, FSI THE subject of ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The walled cities of Europe and Asia with their insanitary conditions and underfed population were popularly designated "man destroyers,8 and yet men still ..."

6. Cassier's Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02877163] (1902)
"One great difficulty is that of compensation to the owners of insanitary property. In England the doctrine of " vested rights " is generally held very ..."

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