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Meaning of "unhygienic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNHYGIENIC

unhygienic  [ˌʌnhaɪˈdʒiːnɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNHYGIENIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unhygienic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNHYGIENIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unhygienic in the English dictionary

The definition of unhygienic in the dictionary is not promoting health or cleanliness; unsanitary.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNHYGIENIC


aminic
əˈmiːnɪk
axenic
eɪˈziːnɪk
cysteinic
ˌsɪstɪˈiːnɪk
eirenic
aɪˈriːnɪk
ethylenic
ˌeθɪˈliːnɪk
geomorphogenic
ˌdʒiːəʊˌmɔːfəˈdʒiːnɪk
hyaenic
haɪˈiːnɪk
hygienic
haɪˈdʒiːnɪk
irenic
aɪˈriːnɪk
leukopenic
ˌluːkəʊˈpiːnɪk
naphthenic
ˈnæfθiːnɪk
olefinic
ˌəʊlɪˈfiːnɪk
phenic
ˈfiːnɪk
philhellenic
ˌfɪlhɛˈliːnɪk
polyenic
ˌpɒlɪˈiːnɪk
proteinic
prəʊˈtiːnɪk
scenic
ˈsiːnɪk
selenic
sɪˈliːnɪk
sphenic
ˈsfiːnɪk
terpenic
tɜːˈpiːnɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNHYGIENIC

unhumanise
unhumanize
unhumanly
unhumbled
unhumorous
unhunted
unhurried
unhurriedly
unhurrying
unhurt
unhurtful
unhurtfully
unhurtfulness
unhusbanded
unhusk
unhydrolysed
unhydrolyzed
unhyphenated
unhysterical
unhysterically

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNHYGIENIC

allergenic
androgenic
anthropogenic
antigenic
arsenic
carcinogenic
chromogenic
comedogenic
cryogenic
erogenic
genic
Hellenic
hypoallergenic
mitogenic
myogenic
pathogenic
photogenic
schizophrenic
transgenic
xenic

Synonyms and antonyms of unhygienic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «UNHYGIENIC»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «unhygienic» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of unhygienic

Translation of «unhygienic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNHYGIENIC

Find out the translation of unhygienic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unhygienic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unhygienic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不卫生
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

antihigiénico
570 millions of speakers

English

unhygienic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मैली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غير صحية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

негигиенично
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

anti-higiênico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অস্বাস্থ্যকর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

non hygiénique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak sihat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unhygienisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

非衛生的な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비위생적
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unhygienic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không hợp vệ sinh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுகாதாரமற்றவையாகவும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अस्वच्छ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hijenik olmayan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

antigienico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niehigieniczne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

негігієнічно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

neigienic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανθυγιεινές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onhigiëniese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ohygieniska
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

uhygienisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unhygienic

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNHYGIENIC»

The term «unhygienic» is regularly used and occupies the 96.722 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNHYGIENIC» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «unhygienic» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «unhygienic» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unhygienic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNHYGIENIC»

Discover the use of unhygienic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unhygienic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Introduction to Population Biology
Walter Rothenbuhler investigated the genetic basis of this behaviour by crossing hygienic bee colonies of the Brown strain, with unhygienic colonies of the Vanscoy strain. This was done by artificial insemination of the queens. His results are ...
Dick Neal, 2004
2
The Collapse of Darwinism, Or, The Rise of a Realist Theory ...
There is a "hygienic" strain of bees that uncap the wax cells and throw out the infected grubs and an "unhygienic" strain that does not and, as a result, is decimated. In his famous study, Rothenbuhler crossed a queen of one strain with a drone ...
Graeme Donald Snooks, 2003
3
Principles and Applications of Domestic Animal Behavior: An ...
0 Nine unhygienic colonies. Uncapped cells but did not remove dead larvae. 0 Six unhygienic colonies. Did not uncap cells but would remove diseased larvae if cells were uncapped by the experimenter. Only one ofthe four classes was ...
Edward O. Price, 2008
4
Continual Improvement Process
Housekeeping and unhygienic feature — type 1 Unhygienic features of type 1 are those areas/activities, which cause safety and occupational health hazards besides being a source of defects. These are found in the manner of 1) poor ...
Sreenivasan, 2007
5
Diarrhoeal Diseases Research
During April 1988-April 1990, a study was conducted to evaluate participatory action research as a method of intervening on unhygienic practices in two communities in the Klong Toey slum of Bangkok (intervention group) and compared these ...
6
Developmental anthropology
Unhygienic House Families belonging to below poverty line generally live in unhygienic house. Their houses do not have windows, kitchen, latrine, urinals, drainage, bathrooms etc. They generally live in single room with verandah where they ...
Gaya Pandey, 2008
7
African Urban Spaces in Historical Perspective
5. "INHERENTLY. UNHYGIENIC. RACES. PLAQUE AND THE ORIGINS OF SETTLER DOMINANCE IN NAIROBI, 1899-1907 Godwin R. Murunga [T]he Indian is not happy with a sufficiency of space and unpolluted air, but that he is most ...
Steven J. Salm, Toyin Falola, 2009
8
Cincinnati Lancet and Clinic
When the unhygienic impressions are absent in a person, he maybe able to resist an infectious influence, he may resist successfully violent alternations or extremes of heat, cold, moisture, and what is understood as malaria; but when one or ...
‎1870
9
Animal Behaviour
Certain honeybee strains are "hygienic", if their larva or pupa dies inside a cell in the hive, the workers uncap the seal and remove the dead animal, whereas in " unhygienic" strains this behaviour does not occur. Among themselves, both these  ...
Reena Mathur, 2009
10
Learning General Science Standard Five
5.5 (a) and (b) and then answer the following questions (You may keep the book open while writing the answers): (A) Make a list of unhygienic conditions, state why it is unhygienic and what can be done about it. Ans. 48 PLS Science - Std. V  ...
B.Menezes

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNHYGIENIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unhygienic is used in the context of the following news items.
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3 nabbed for transporting unhygienic meat
Panaji: Three persons have been arrested for allegedly transporting unhygienic meat, including beef worth 70,000, on a Goa-Mumbai private bus, which was to ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
2
Four hotels penalized for unhygienic conditions in city
In all 1311 hotels and restaurants were checked. 463 were issued notices and destroyed nearly 4,000 kg of unhygienic food products. An official from the health ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
3
Sweet shops fined for unhygienic conditions
The Gazal Restaurant and Pal Sweets were fined for unhygienic conditions, while 10-kg and 14-kg sweets were destroyed at Sector 27-based Chandigarh ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»
4
Young mum breastfeeding baby in swimming pool 'told to leave …
A young mum has claimed she was ordered to leave her local swimming pool for breastfeeding her baby - because it was "unhygienic" and made male ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
5
Unhygienic conditions: Two hotels sealed
The unhygienic food outlets were also fined Rs20,000 on the spot, he added. Inspection teams conducted 197 inspections of food outlets last week and issued ... «The Express Tribune, Jun 15»
6
Dog breeder fined $40000 for keeping animals in unhygienic
The court heard she kept more than 60 dogs in unhygienic conditions and small pens, with the magistrate describing her operation as a spectacular failure. «ABC Online, May 15»
7
Unhygienic cut fruits and veggies a health hazard
"We carry out random checking drive against uncovered eatables and several roadside shops selling 'unhygienic' eatables and fresh raids would soon be ... «Times of India, May 15»
8
Unhygienic Hotels a Ticking 'Health Bomb'
The street vendors are the once who prepare their fare in unhygienic condition. They are the ones who need to be made aware. Business is their sole purpose ... «The New Indian Express, May 15»
9
Unhygienic surroundings
Even as the local people welcome the Siddha hospital and primary health centres to their area, they express grave concern over the unhygienic surroundings. «The Hindu, Apr 15»
10
Kitchen shed unhygienic: FDA
AURANGABAD: Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials, who inspected the zilla parishad-run school in Samga village in Hingoli district on Sunday, found ... «Times of India, Apr 15»

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