unhealthy
adjective/ʌnˈhelθi/
/ʌnˈhelθi/
- not having good health; showing a lack of good health
- They looked poor and unhealthy.
- unhealthy skin
- His eyeballs were an unhealthy yellow.
- harmful to your health; likely to make you ill
- unhealthy living conditions
- an unhealthy diet/lifestyle
Extra ExamplesTopics Cooking and eatinga2- The miners worked in very unhealthy conditions.
- Doctors say too many teenagers adopt an unhealthy lifestyle.
- Just taking vitamin tablets will not turn an unhealthy diet into a good one.
- The unhealthy climate made it an unattractive place in which to settle.
- not normal and likely to be harmful synonym unwholesome
- He had an unhealthy interest in disease and death.
opposite healthy
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