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unhealthy

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Word definitions for unhealthy in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 characterized by, or conducive to poor health 2 sick or ill 3 tending to corrupt 4 characterized by disturbed mental health

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an unhealthy obsession (= an obsession that is not normal ) ▪ Our society seems to have an unhealthy obsession with staying young. poor/unhealthy ▪ A poor diet affects your skin and hair condition. COLLOCATIONS ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1590s, "injurious to health," from un- (1) "not" + healthy (adj.). Earlier unhealthsome (1540s), unhealthful (1570s). Of persons, "sickly," it is attested from 1610s. Related: Unhealthily .

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind; "unhealthy ulcers" [ant: healthy ] detrimental to health [syn: insalubrious , unhealthful ] not conducive to good health; "an unhealthy diet of fast foods"; "an unhealthy climate" [also: unhealthiest ...

Usage examples of unhealthy.

It contains allyl sulfide compounds which are decidedly unhealthy for aphids and caterpillars.

Then, when Asher raised his brows, the old man flushed an unhealthy, blotchy pink.

They have hardly passed, when large flocks of sheep and goats make their appearance, attended by shepherds and their families, driven by the approach of winter from the Appenines, and seeking the pastures of the Maremma, a rich, but, in the summer, an unhealthy tract on the coast.

Jordan - increased their unhealthy reliance on multilateral loans and foreign aid.

The light, crossed by the snow-flakes, flickers on his unhealthy face and stoutening figure.

If the same individual were to live under unfavorable conditions, without any education, if he were to find himself in unhealthy telluric surroundings, in a mine, a rice field, or a miasmatic swamp, he would become insane.

A lot of those people wound up in Siberian prison camps, which certainly did teach others of their kind to keep their unhealthy and unconstructive ideas to themselves.

Nor is the explanation far to seek, for the valleys afforded shelter to the wolves, and were in places obstructed by undrained marshes, unhealthy and unfitted for the herdsman and his flocks, and impenetrable as regards roads.

New England women who were already expressing an unhealthy interest in Arkansan custom.

They had at first considered staying around Salt Lake, but the stories they heard of Porter Rockwell, Bill Hickman, and others of the Danites, had given them the impression it might become extremely unhealthy in that region.

It was plainly unhealthy, perhaps because of the dampness and fungous growth in the cellar, the general sickish smell, the draughts of the hallways, or the quality of the well and pump water.

These unhealthy nondrinkers would drag down the odds for the entire population of nondrinkers and misleadingly make moderate drinkers look good.

Soy Zone Diet, you should focus on eating primarily monounsaturated fats while reducing your intake of unhealthy fats.

Traditional grain-based diets get most of their fat from grains and seed oils that are often rich in unhealthy Omega-6 fatty acids.

Whatever the unhealthy condition may be which gives rise to this troublesome symptom, it calls for prompt and skillful treatment, for the most trivial affections of these organs often pass into those that are exceedingly intractable, if not incurable.