unsterile

/ ʌnˈstɛraɪl /

adjective

1. not free from living, esp pathogenic, microorganisms

Example Sentences

Although HIV transmission from contaminated blood through unsterile injection is a well-known risk, the report said this is the first documentation of probable infections involving cosmetic services.

From Seattle Times

Meanwhile, illicit intravenous drug use and unsterile tattooing remain ubiquitous among inmates, helping the virus readily find new hosts.

From Los Angeles Times

We operated in unsterile settings that would’ve been unthinkable in the United States.

From Seattle Times

A flier in Spanish advertises a vigil for Rosie Jiminez, said to be the first woman to die from an unsterile abortion after the passage in 1976 of the Hyde Amendment, which forbids Medicaid funding for abortions.

From New York Times

But this time he agreed with them, describing their actions as "courageous," and drew a parallel to 19th-century British physician John Snow, who traced a cholera outbreak to a single London water pump, similar to how ACT UP activists traced HIV to unsterile injection needles and sought to eliminate the source of infection.

From Salon