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germ-ridden

germ-ridden adjective: lacking hygiene; unclean.

Adjective

germ-ridden (comparative more germ-ridden, superlative most germ-ridden)

  1. Lacking hygiene; unclean.

Forms of germ-ridden

comparativemore germ-ridden
superlativemost germ-ridden

Origin of germ-ridden

From germ + -ridden.

Questions about germ-ridden

What does germ-ridden mean?
Germ-ridden means lacking hygiene; unclean.
What part of speech is germ-ridden?
Germ-ridden is an adjective.

Words near germ-ridden in the dictionary

  1. germ warfare
  2. germ-free
  3. germ-histories
  4. germ-history
  5. germ-plasm
  6. germ-ridden
  7. Germ.
  8. germacradienol
  9. germacranolide
  10. germacranolides
  11. germacratriene

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