unwholesome
adj/ˌənˈhoʊlsəm/US/ˌənˈhəʊlsəm/UK
Etymology
From Middle English unholsom; equivalent to un- + wholesome.
- inherited from unholsom
Definitions
Not 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.
- Alas! he mastered not his destiny: I have said before, his ashes are in yonder urn. A few unwholesome dews on a summer night were mightier than all his science.
Not sound
Not sound; tainted; defective.
- There was something indefinably unwholesome about him. Something lean and snakelike.
Indicating unsound health
Indicating unsound health; characteristic of or suggesting an unsound condition, physical or mental; repulsive; offensive.
The neighborhood
- antonymwholesome
Derived
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA