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Unwholesome

//ˌənˈhoʊlsəm// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not wholesome; unfavorable to health; unhealthful.

    "unwholesome air, or food"

  2. 2
    Not sound; tainted; defective.

    "There was something indefinably unwholesome about him. Something lean and snakelike."

  3. 3
    Indicating unsound health; characteristic of or suggesting an unsound condition, physical or mental; repulsive; offensive.
Adjective
  1. 1
    detrimental to physical or moral well-being wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English unholsom; equivalent to un- + wholesome.

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