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unhealthy

  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈhɛl.θi/

characterized by, or conducive to poor health.

Example

“The villagers lived in unhealthy surroundings.”

Other meanings

  1. tending to corrupt.

    “He liked unhealthy reading material.”

  2. Characterized by disturbed mental health.

    “He had an unhealthy interest in fire.”

Antonyms

  • healthy

Related words

  • unhealthily
  • unhealthiness

Example sentences

  • “Playing with computers is unhealthy.”

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This definition is adapted from “unhealthy” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.