unhealthiness

un·health·y  (n-hlth)

adj. un·health·i·er, un·health·i·est

1.

a. Being in a state of ill health; sick.

b. Characterized by or symptomatic of ill health: an unhealthy pallor.

c. Causing or conducive to poor health; unwholesome: an unhealthy diet.

2. Harmful to character or moral health; corruptive: unhealthy reading material.

3. Characterized by or symptomatic of disturbed mental health: took an unhealthy interest in violence and fires.

4. Of a risky nature; dangerous: an unhealthy predicament.

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unhealthi·ly adv.

un·healthi·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

unhealthiness - a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain health problem, ill health pathological state - a physical condition that is caused by disease dyscrasia - an abnormal or physiologically unbalanced state of the body illness, sickness, unwellness, malady - impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism invalidism - chronic ill health biliousness - gastric distress caused by a disorder of the liver or gall bladder infection - the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms pathology - any deviation from a healthy or normal condition affliction - a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health harm, hurt, injury, trauma - any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. unfitness, softness - poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury)