unhealthiness
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un·health·y
(ŭn-hĕl′thē)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 morality; 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.
un′health′i·ly adv.
un·health′i·ness n.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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 |
Translations
عَدم الصِّحَّه، إعْتِلال
nebezpečnostškodlivost
usundhed
egészségtelenség
heilsuleysi
sağlıksızlık
unhealthy
(anˈhelθi) adjective1. not healthy. He is fat and unhealthy – he doesn't take enough exercise.
2. dangerous. The situation was getting unhealthy.
unˈhealthily adverbunˈhealthiness noun