Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Being in a state of ill health; sick.
- adjective Characterized by or symptomatic of ill health.
- adjective Causing or conducive to poor health; unwholesome.
- adjective Harmful to character or morality; corruptive.
- adjective Characterized by or symptomatic of disturbed mental health.
- adjective Of a risky nature; dangerous.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not healthy; lacking health; without vigor of growth; unsound: as, an unhealthy child; an unhealthy plant.
- Not promoting health; unhealthful; unwholesome; as, unhealthy habits or food.
- Not indicating health; resulting from bad health; morbid: as, an unhealthy sign or craving; an unhealthy appearance.
- Morally unhealthful: as, unhealthy literature.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
characterized by, orconducive topoor health - adjective
sick orill - adjective
tending tocorrupt - adjective characterized by
disturbed mental health
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not conducive to good health
- adjective detrimental to health
- adjective not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind
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Examples
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His Books, like himself, are what I call unhealthy; not the good sort of Books.
Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History Thomas Carlyle 1838
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The therapist also pointed out that if a woman feels that she is aging and losing the battle to compete, she can get depressed and engage in unhealthy and counter-productive behaviors like drinking too much, using drugs, and developing eating disorders that are normally associated with much younger women.
Barbara Hannah Grufferman: Life After 50: Plastic Surgery on Your Mind? Before You Do That, Do This Barbara Hannah Grufferman 2010
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This is part of our new technologically enabled, instantly archived, often-viral (as in unhealthy) social media landscape.
Rosalyn Hoffman: A Generation in Need of Crystal Balls? Rosalyn Hoffman 2010
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Another important aspect of this study noted by the authors is that women with greater weight concerns were apparently more likely to engage in unhealthy practices thus setting themselves up for greater weight gain in the long run.
Will Dieting Make You Fat? | Dr. Sharma's Obesity Notes 2010
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This is part of our new technologically enabled, instantly archived, often-viral (as in unhealthy) social media landscape.
Rosalyn Hoffman: A Generation in Need of Crystal Balls? Rosalyn Hoffman 2010
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The therapist also pointed out that if a woman feels that she is aging and losing the battle to compete, she can get depressed and engage in unhealthy and counter-productive behaviors like drinking too much, using drugs, and developing eating disorders that are normally associated with much younger women.
Barbara Hannah Grufferman: Life After 50: Plastic Surgery on Your Mind? Before You Do That, Do This Barbara Hannah Grufferman 2010
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Their oppression of others does not allow people to live their lives honestly, so they act out in unhealthy ways – Foley, Haggard, Craig, McGreevey, etc.
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The therapist also pointed out that if a woman feels that she is aging and losing the battle to compete, she can get depressed and engage in unhealthy and counter-productive behaviors like drinking too much, using drugs, and developing eating disorders that are normally associated with much younger women.
Barbara Hannah Grufferman: Life After 50: Plastic Surgery on Your Mind? Before You Do That, Do This Barbara Hannah Grufferman 2010
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Ms. McCaskill, a Democrat who is facing reelection next year, was among the senators who also complained in a joint letter last year about the EPA proposal to tighten the definition of unhealthy ozone levels.
EPA Tangles With New Critic: Labor Stephen Power 2011
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Also, this is part of a larger gripe I have that we worship new technology in unhealthy ways.
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