Definitions for unhealthiness

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

un•health•yʌnˈhɛl θi(adj.)-health•i•er, -health•i•est.

  1. not in a state of good or normal health; unsound or abnormal; diseased:

    unhealthy tissue.

    Category: Pathology

  2. symptomatic of or resulting from bad health: an unhealthy pallor.

    Category: Pathology

  3. unhealthful:

    unhealthy weather.

    Category: Pathology

  4. morally harmful; corrupt; debased:

    unhealthy examples for the young.

  5. dangerous; risky.

Origin of unhealthy:

1585–95

un•health′i•ness(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. ill health, unhealthiness, health problem(noun)

    a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain

Wiktionary

  1. unhealthiness(Noun)

    The state of being unhealthy.


Translations for unhealthiness

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

unhealthiness(noun)

dangerous

The situation was getting unhealthy.

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