Unhealthful

adj

adj ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not promoting health; detrimental to health.

    "An unhealthful diet and lack of exercise are common causes for heart disease."

Adjective
  1. 1
    detrimental to good health wordnet
  2. 2
    not sanitary or healthful wordnet
  3. 3
    detrimental to health wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
insalubriouspathogenicunhealthyunsanitarybadbad for

Example

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"It is one thing to eat unhealthful food, while not caring about the effects. It is quite another thing to eat unhealthful food, however, because one thinks it’s nutritional."

Etymology

From un- + healthful.

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