unhealthy

English

Etymology

un- +‎ healthy

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈhɛl.θi/
Rhymes: -ɛlθi

Adjective

unhealthy (comparative unhealthier, superlative unhealthiest)

characterized by, or conducive to poor health

The villagers lived in unhealthy surroundings.
sick or ill

He was an unhealthy child.
tending to corrupt

He liked unhealthy reading material.
characterized by disturbed mental health

He had an unhealthy interest in fire.

Synonyms

Thesaurus:diseased

Antonyms

healthy

Translations

conducive to poor health

Catalan: insalubre (ca)
Czech: nezdravý m
Esperanto: malsana
Estonian: ebatervislik
Finnish: epäterveellinen (fi)
French: malsain (fr)
German: ungesund (de), gesundheitsschädlich (de)
Greek: νοσηρός (el) m (nosirós), ανθυγιεινός (el) m (anthygieinós)
Italian: malsano, insalubre (it)

Latin: aeger (la) m, aegra f, aegrum n, aegrotus m, aegrota f, aegrotum n
Luxembourgish: ongesond
Maori: aewa
Portuguese: insalubre (pt)
Romanian: nesănătos (ro)
Russian: вре́дный (ru) (vrédnyj) (для здоро́вья)
Turkish: sağlıksız (tr)
Welsh: afiach (cy)

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