Meanings
comparative more sanitized · superlative most sanitized
- Having been disinfected and cleaned of microorganisms.
Nordstrom also announced on the company's website Friday that it has partnered with Kaas Tailored to provide Providence Health & Services with more than 100,000 sanitized masks.
2020 March 31, Charles Trepany, “Coronavirus: Fashion companies from Dior to Nordstrom mobilize to make masks and gowns”, in USA Today, McLean, V.A.: Gannett, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2022 - figurativelyHaving been expunged of undesirable ideas or content.
The concept of face time is used to keep us in the office, with managers believing remote work dilutes people's work to numbers and documents – a sanitized and creativity-free wasteland.
2020 May 26, “The office is obsolete. And that's a good thing”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2025Antonyms: unsanitized, nonsanitized
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of sanitize
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving been expunged of undesirable ideas or content.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivemade sanitary
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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sanitized. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sanitized
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