Unhealthiness
noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The state of being unhealthy. uncountable, usually
"[…] I possess an old house, Ferndean Manor, even more retired and hidden than this, where I could have lodged her safely enough, had not a scruple about the unhealthiness of the situation, in the heart of a wood, made my conscience recoil from the arrangement."
- 2 a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain wordnet
Example
More examples"[…] I possess an old house, Ferndean Manor, even more retired and hidden than this, where I could have lodged her safely enough, had not a scruple about the unhealthiness of the situation, in the heart of a wood, made my conscience recoil from the arrangement."
Etymology
From unhealthy + -ness.
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