Unwholesome

//ˌənˈhoʊlsəm//

Synonyms for "unwholesome" (47 found)

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Related word relations

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Translations

38 translations across 14 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries
  • нездравословен adj (not wholesome)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • nesalubra adj (not wholesome)

Faroese

1 entries
  • ósunnur adj (not wholesome)

French

3 entries
  • insalubre adj (not wholesome)
  • malsain adj (not wholesome)
  • nocif adj (not wholesome)

German

2 entries
  • ungesund adj (not wholesome)
  • unheilsam adj (not wholesome)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • חולני adj (not wholesome)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • bomlasztó adj (corrupt morally)
  • egészségtelen adj (not wholesome)
  • erkölcstelen adj (corrupt morally)
  • káros adj (not wholesome)

Irish

1 entries
  • anfholláin adj (not wholesome)

Italian

4 entries
  • corrotto adj (corrupt morally)
  • insalubre adj (not wholesome)
  • malsano adj (not wholesome)
  • sfavorevole adj (not wholesome)

Latin

1 entries
  • morbidus adj (not wholesome)

Manx

2 entries
  • neufollan adj (not wholesome)
  • neuslayntoil adj (not wholesome)

Old Irish

2 entries
  • anḟolláin adj (not wholesome)
  • inanfollán adj (not wholesome)

Romanian

3 entries
  • insalubru adj (not wholesome)
  • nesănătos adj (not wholesome)
  • nociv adj (not wholesome)

Russian

2 entries
  • вре́дный adj (not wholesome)
  • нездоровый adj (not wholesome)

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

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The problem of interstellar travel was so enthralling that it sometimes became an obsession even to a fairly well-developed Utopian world. This could only occur if in the constitution of that world there was something unwholesome, some secret and unfulfilled hunger impelling the beings. The race might then become travel-mad.

Source: tatoeba (8878653)

Much of the work is on the emotions and other dimensions of the human being—spiritual, physical, and intellectual—that can be inhibited by unwholesome attitudes or repressive social conventions.

Source: tatoeba (12085397)

unwholesome air, or food

Source: wiktionary

Caliban: As wicked dewe, as ere my mother bruſh'd / With Rauens feather from vnwholeſome Fen / Drop on you both : A Southweſt blow on yee, / And bliſter you all ore.

Source: wiktionary

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