Definitions for unwholesome
ʌnˈhoʊl səmun·whole·some

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. unwholesomeadjective

   detrimental to physical or moral well-being

   "unwholesome food"; "unwholesome habits like smoking"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. unwholesomeadjective

   Not wholesome; unfavorable to health; insalubrious; unhealthy; as, unwholesome air; unwholesome food.

2. unwholesomeadjective

   Not sound; diseased; tainted; impaired; defective.

3. unwholesomeadjective

   Indicating unsound health; characteristic of or suggesting an unsound condition, physical or mental; repulsive; offensive.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Unwholesomeadjective

   1. Insalubrious; mischievous to health.

   The discovery of the disposition of the air, is good for the prognosticks of wholesome and unwholesome years. Francis Bacon.

   There I a prisoner chain’d, scarce freely draw
   The air imprison’d also, close and damp,
   Unwholesome draught; but here I find amends,
   The breath of heav’n fresh-blowing, pure and sweet,
   With day-spring born; here leave me to respire. John Milton.

   How can any one be assured, that his meat and drink are not poisoned, and made unwholesome before they are brought to him? South.

   Rome is never fuller of nobility than in summer; for the country towns are so infested with unwholesome vapours, that they dare not trust themselves in them, while the heats last. Joseph Addison, on Italy.

   Children born healthy, often contract diseases from an unwholesome nurse. John Arbuthnot, on Diet.

   2. Corrupt; tainted.

   We’ll use this unwholesome humidity; this gross, watry pumpion: we’ll teach him to know turtles from jays. William Shakespeare.

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1. unwholesome

   Unwholesome is an adjective that refers to something detrimental to physical, mental, or moral well-being. It can describe something that is harmful, unhealthy, corrupt, or morally bad. Additionally, in a dietary context, it could mean lacking nutritional value.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Unwholesome

   un-hōl′sum, adj. not wholesome: unfavourable to health: repulsive.—adv. Unwhole′somely.—n. Unwhole′someness.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of unwholesome in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of unwholesome in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of unwholesome in a Sentence

1. Charles Lamb:

   Boys are capital fellows in their own way, among their mates but they are unwholesome companions for grown people.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=unwholesome
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Unwholesome
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=unwholesome
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=unwholesome