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  • adjective Common misspelling of hygienic.

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Examples

  • It strikes me that the place this progress has taken us - this space-age and computerized brand of progress - is into a sterile land of managed comfort, where even food is not sacrosanct: pieces of meat on styrofoam trays in hygenic supermarkets where the produce looks like it was molded in a factory somewhere.

    Fetishes As Fetish Does Heather McDougal 2007

  • It was designed as an industrialized, "hygenic" version of the local traditional brew chang'aa, which can have such a high alcohol content it can cause death, or blindness from additives.

    Barack Obama & Food, From Arugula to Waffles Eddie Gehman Kohan 2008

  • It was designed as an industrialized, "hygenic" version of the local traditional brew chang'aa, which can have such a high alcohol content it can cause death, or blindness from additives.

    Archive 2008-11-06 Eddie Gehman Kohan 2008

  • Mon Nov 10: Ate Pho at a place that advertised itself as 'hygenic'.

    TravelPod.com Recent Updates 2008

  • Are performing seals less or more hygenic than those found in nature?

    Tom Gliatto: A Complaint About Sondheim Tom Gliatto 2010

  • Are performing seals less or more hygenic than those found in nature?

    Tom Gliatto: A Complaint About Sondheim Tom Gliatto 2010

  • Hangings these days are rare, and when executed are rather brief and hygenic.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Heather McDougal 2009

  • While the methods used are hygenic and the staff are technically paid minimum wage, she was still appalled by how little food workers are expected to live in and how much back-breaking effort is involved:

    The Hidden Cost Of Cheap Food | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • Hangings these days are rare, and when executed are rather brief and hygenic.

    A Bit of Soap Heather McDougal 2009

  • And when the latest scare is over, continue following good hygenic habits.

    Swine Flu? When Pigs Fly « Colleen Anderson 2009

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