unhealthy

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   characterized by, or conducive to poor health

   • The villagers lived in unhealthy surroundings.
2. 2

   sick or ill

   • He was an unhealthy child.
   • ‘And at once he'll be on his high-horse – he knows everything! – and he'll prove, prove, that all unhealthy children must be lethal-chambered or the world will go to pieces.’
3. 3

   tending to corrupt

   • He liked unhealthy reading material.
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   1. 4

      characterized by disturbed mental health

      • He had an unhealthy interest in fire.

The neighborhood

• synonymdiseased
• antonymhealthy