insanitary

1. 1.

   not sanitary or healthful

   “unsanitary open sewers”

   “grim and unsanitary conditions”

   Synonymsunsanitaryunhealthful

   Similarunhygienic

Questions about insanitary

What does insanitary mean?

insanitary means "not sanitary or healthful".

How many syllables are in insanitary?

insanitary has 5 syllables: in-sa-ni-ta-ry. The stress falls on "ni".

What is another word for insanitary?

Close synonyms include unsanitary, unhealthful. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is insanitary a common word?

insanitary is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.