unsanitized

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adjective

Not having been sanitized; unsanitary.

“The dirty dishes are unsanitized.”

OriginEnglish sanitized ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunsanitized (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot having been sanitized; unsanitary.

    The dirty dishes are unsanitized.

  2. not comparableOf information: which has not been censored or cleaned up.

    The leaked inter-office memo was unsanitized.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishsanitized
  9. Englishunsanitized

From un- + sanitized.

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APA

unsanitized. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsanitized

MLA

“unsanitized.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsanitized. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unsanitized,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsanitized.

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