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unhealthy

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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.

unhealthi·ly adv.
un·healthi·ness n.

unhealthy
Adjective
[-healthier, -healthiest]
1. likely to cause illness or poor health: unhealthy foods such as hamburger and chips
2. not very fit or well
3. caused by or looking as if caused by poor health: a thin unhealthy look about him
4. morbid or unwholesome: an unhealthy interest in computer fraud
unhealthiness n
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Adj.1.unhealthyunhealthy - not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind; "unhealthy ulcers"
unfit - not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition; "fat and very unfit"; "certified as unfit for army service"; "drunk and unfit for service"
frail - physically weak; "an invalid's frail body"
ill, sick - affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"
unwholesome - detrimental to physical or moral well-being; "unwholesome food"; "unwholesome habits like smoking"
healthy - having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease; "a rosy healthy baby"; "staying fit and healthy"
2.unhealthyunhealthy - detrimental to health
unwholesome - detrimental to physical or moral well-being; "unwholesome food"; "unwholesome habits like smoking"
3.unhealthyunhealthy - not conducive to good health; "an unhealthy diet of fast foods"; "an unhealthy climate"
unhealthful - detrimental to good health; "unhealthful air pollution"; "unhealthful conditions in old apartments with peeling lead-based paint"

unhealthy
adjective 2. sick, sickly, unwell, poorly (informal) weak, delicate, crook Austral., N.Z. (informal) ailing, frail, feeble, invalid, unsound, infirm, in poor health << OPPOSITE well
adjective 3. weak, unsound, ailing << OPPOSITE strong
Translations
Spanish unhealthy [ʌnˈhɛlθɪ] adj (gen) → malsano, insalubre; [person] → enfermizo; [interest] → morboso
French unhealthy [ʌnˈhɛlθɪ] adj (gen) → malsain(e); [person] → maladif/ive
German unhealthy [ʌnˈhɛlθɪ] adj [person] → nicht gesund; [place] → ungesund (fig) [interest] → krankhaft
Italian unhealthy [ʌnˈhɛlθɪ] adj (gen) → malsano/a; [person] → malaticcio/a

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The majority of people spoil their lives by an unhealthy and exaggerated altruism - are forced, indeed, so to spoil them.
But that was not all: standing as I did on a quantity of moist straw my feet grew unhealthy and tender, and the master used to say:
Men are called healthy in virtue of the inborn capacity of easy resistance to those unhealthy influences that may ordinarily arise; unhealthy, in virtue of the lack of this capacity.
 
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