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unwholesome

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un·whole·some  (n-hlsm)
adj.
1. Injurious to physical, mental, or moral health; unhealthy.
2. Suggestive of disease or degeneracy: an unwholesome pallor.
3. Offensive or loathsome.

un·wholesome·ly adv.
un·wholesome·ness n.

unwholesome [ʌnˈhəʊlsəm]
adj
1. detrimental to physical or mental health an unwholesome climate
2. morally harmful or depraved unwholesome practices
3. indicative of illness, esp in appearance
4. (esp of food) of inferior quality
unwholesomely  adv
unwholesomeness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unwholesome - detrimental to physical or moral well-beingunwholesome - detrimental to physical or moral well-being; "unwholesome food"; "unwholesome habits like smoking"
harmful - causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking"
unhealthful - detrimental to good health; "unhealthful air pollution"; "unhealthful conditions in old apartments with peeling lead-based paint"
unhealthy - not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind; "unhealthy ulcers"
noxious - injurious to physical or mental health; "noxious chemical wastes"; "noxious ideas"
unsound - not sound financially; "unsound banking practices"
wholesome - conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being; "wholesome attitude"; "wholesome appearance"; "wholesome food"

unwholesome
adjective
1. harmful, unhealthy, noxious, deleterious, junk (informal), tainted, poisonous, insanitary, insalubrious, unnourishing a chemically reactive ecologically unwholesome substance
harmful healthy, beneficial, wholesome, sanitary, hygienic, salubrious, germ-free
2. wicked, bad, evil, corrupting, perverting, degrading, immoral, depraving, demoralizing, maleficent My desire to be rich was an insane, unwholesome desire.
wicked moral, edifying
Translations
unwholesome [ˈʌnˈhəʊlsəm] ADJ
1. (= unhealthy) [food] → poco sano, poco saludable; [air] → malsano, poco saludable; [smell] → desagradable
2. (morally) [lifestyle, desire, habit] → malsano, pernicioso; [thoughts] → malsano
to have an unwholesome interest in sthtener un interés malsano en algo
unwholesome
adjungesund; influenceungut, verderblich; appearance, characterschmierig; foodminderwertig; smellfaul; desire, thoughts, story, jokesschmutzig; they are rather unwholesome company for hersie sind nicht gerade ein guter Umgang für sie; to have an unwholesome interest in somebody/somethingein perverses Interesse an jdm/etw haben
unwholesome [ʌnˈhəʊlsəm] adj (food) → non genuino/a; (climate, smell) → malsano/a; (thoughts, influence) → cattivo/a


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- that there is something in the air at present positively unwholesome to you.
It hath been a great endangering to the health of some plantations, that they have built along the sea and rivers, in marish and unwholesome grounds.
The first two were, of course, related to each other, and they were all three full of unwholesome force.
 
 
 
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