unwholesome
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˌənˈhoʊlsəm/ / /ˌənˈhəʊlsəm/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English unholsom; equivalent to un- + wholesome.
- Not wholesome; unfavorable to health; unhealthful.
“unwholesome air, or food”
“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.”
- Not sound; tainted; defective.
“There was something indefinably unwholesome about him. Something lean and snakelike.”
- Indicating unsound health; characteristic of or suggesting an unsound condition, physical or mental; repulsive; offensive.