Unhealthiness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 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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