as in unsanitary
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Recent Examples of germy
Over time, the screen becomes germy, icky to touch, and jumpy or unresponsive.
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 7 Jan. 2026
Microbiologist and immunologist Jason Tetro, tells SELF, that organic fabrics are also less likely to be germy.
—Kells McPhillips, SELF, 28 Nov. 2025
Curad Alcohol Prep Pads From airplane tray tables to hotel remotes, germy surfaces are everywhere when traveling.
—Gabriela Garcia, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2025
The bathroom is the center of cleanliness in many homes, and if your hand towels and toothbrushes are old and germy, your entire home can feel less clean.
—Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Sep. 2025
Not to mention touching all the items in the store with your germy hands!
—Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2025
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While Staphylococcus aureus is found on many gym surfaces, exercise mats are particularly germy.
—Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 25 Jan. 2025
Shared gym surfaces had even more microbes living on them than commonly germy household surfaces.
—Josh Max, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
Both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration acknowledge on their websites that surgical masks are generally meant to help protect against large droplets, splashes or sprays of possibly germy fluid.
—Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for germy
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But the industry, and small businesses such as the cigar factory, run on low wages, long hours and unsafe, unsanitary working conditions.—
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The facility had unsanitary tape on the faucet sprayer.—
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Investigators uncovered more than 190 decomposing bodies last year inside the Penrose facility, many stored in unhygienic conditions.—
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In-person inspections are widely recognized as essential for uncovering unhygienic practices, equipment failures, and falsified safety data that cannot be detected by reviewing paperwork or inspecting shipments at ports of entry.—
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The company issued the recall because the shrimp may have been prepared, packed or held under insanitary conditions whereby they may have become contaminated with cesium-137 (Cs-137).—
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Employees were observed to only sanitize their gloved hands after touching insanitary surfaces and then resumed touching RTE food and various food contact surfaces.—
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The change comes amid concerns about fireworks causing unhealthful air.—
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Health professionals encourage people to use lean cuts of meat because most of the fat in animal products is unhealthful saturated fat, which can raise the risk of heart disease and cancer.—
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“Germy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/germy. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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