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Comparative for not having good health
“My feet were calloused, and I was altogether feeling rather unhealthy.”
Comparative for pale or pallid, appearing sick or unhealthy
“The unhealthy complexion is often met with in persons who lead sedentary lives and are much confined at home.”
Comparative for harmful, or not conducive, to health
“Disease is the result of an unhealthy lifestyle and diet that undermines the body's natural self-regulating mechanisms.”
Comparative for causing, or likely to cause, harm or injury
“Such a condition is unhealthy for these industries and ultimately unhealthy for the public.”
(of a person's attitude or behaviour) Comparative for not normal, sensible or well-balanced
“And besides, having such an unhealthy attitude does one no good at all.”
Comparative for full of danger or risk
“This poem may be treated as a page of the poet's diary, that records the symptoms of the poet's unhealthy habit of occasionally overdosing on opium.”
(colloquial) Comparative for physically weak
Comparative for having an unstable mental state, characterized by neurosis
Comparative for deviating from what is normal or usual, typically in a way that is undesirable or worrying
Comparative for having or encouraging an excessive interest in lustful matters
Comparative for arousing or meriting strong disgust, aversion, or displeasure
(of food) Comparative for smelling or tasting unpleasant as a result of being old and stale
Comparative for having lost good or desirable qualities
Comparative for disturbing in nature due to references to death or dying
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