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Webster 1828 Edition
Unhealthy
UNHEALTHY
,Adj.
1.
Wanting health; wanting a sound and vigorous state of body; habitually weak or indisposed; as an unhealthy person.2.
Unsound; wanting vigor of growth; as an unhealthy plant.3.
Sickly; abounding with disease; as an unhealthy season or city.4.
Insalubrious; unwholesome; adapted to generate diseases; as an unhealthy climate or country.5.
Morbid; not indicating health.Definition 2024
unhealthy
unhealthy
English
Adjective
unhealthy (comparative unhealthier, superlative unhealthiest)
- characterized by, or conducive to poor health
- The villagers lived in unhealthy surroundings.
- sick or ill
- He was an unhealthy child.
- tending to corrupt
- He liked unhealthy reading material.
- characterized by disturbed mental health
- He had an unhealthy interest in fire.
Synonyms
- Wikisaurus:diseased
Antonyms
Translations
conducive to poor health