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sanitized

sanitized adjective: having been disinfected and cleaned of microorganisms. Also the simple past and past participle of sanitize.

Adjective

sanitized (comparative more sanitized, superlative most sanitized)

  1. Having been disinfected and cleaned of microorganisms.
    • Nordstrom also announced on the company's website Friday that it has partnered with Kaas Tailored to provide Providence Health & Services with more than 100,000 sanitized masks.2020 March 31, Charles Trepany, “Coronavirus: Fashion companies from Dior to Nordstrom mobilize to make masks and gowns”, in USA Today, McLean, V.A.: Gannett, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original...
  2. (figuratively) Having been expunged of undesirable ideas or content.
    • The concept of face time is used to keep us in the office, with managers believing remote work dilutes people's work to numbers and documents – a sanitized and creativity-free wasteland.2020 May 26, “The office is obsolete. And that's a good thing”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2025

Also used as

sanitized is also the simple past and past participle of sanitize.

Antonyms of sanitized

Forms of sanitized

comparativemore sanitized
superlativemost sanitized

Questions about sanitized

What does sanitized mean?
Sanitized means having been disinfected and cleaned of microorganisms.
What part of speech is sanitized?
Sanitized is an adjective.

Words near sanitized in the dictionary

  1. sanitists
  2. sanitizable
  3. sanitization
  4. sanitizations
  5. sanitize
  6. sanitized
  7. sanitizer
  8. sanitizers
  9. sanitizes
  10. sanitizing
  11. sanitizing wipe

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