sanitized

English

Adjective

sanitized (comparative more sanitized, superlative most sanitized)

  1. Having been disinfected and cleaned of microorganisms.
    • 2020 March 31, Charles Trepany, “Coronavirus: Fashion companies from Dior to Nordstrom mobilize to make masks and gowns”, in USA Today[1], McLean, V.A.: Gannett, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 August 2022:
      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.
  2. (figuratively) Having been expunged of undesirable ideas or content.
    Antonyms: unsanitized, nonsanitized
    • 2020 May 26, “The office is obsolete. And that's a good thing”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian[2], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 8 April 2025:
      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.

Verb

sanitized

  1. simple past and past participle of sanitize

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