unwholesome

[US]/ʌn'həʊls(ə)m/
[UK]/ˌʌn'holsəm/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. unclean, harmful to physical and mental health, appearing unhealthy.

Example Sentences

the use of the living room as sleeping quarters led to unwholesome crowding.

Real-world Examples

Wind in and out of unwholesome lungs, time before and time after.

Source: Four Quartets

The island of Jamaica was an unwholesome desert, little inhabited, and less cultivated.

Source: The Wealth of Nations (Part Four)

It was unwholesome, so the man felt unwell after he had eaten it.

Source: Pan Pan

Not even in the shadiest nooks will you find any rank, untidy weeds or unwholesome darkness.

Source: Yosemite

In trades which are known to be very unwholesome, the wages of labour are always remarkably high.

Source: The Wealth of Nations (Part One)

They have enabled Batavia to surmount the additional disadvantage of perhaps the most unwholesome climate in the world.

Source: The Wealth of Nations (Part Four)

Narcissist state how disloyal your accusations of them are when confronted, or they argue with you to manipulate you into something unwholesome.

Source: Psychology Mini Class

There is no such unwholesome atmosphere as that of an old home, rendered poisonous by one's defunct forefathers and relatives.

Source: Seven-angled Tower (Part 2)

" To me it seems, as if there were a sickly, unwholesome smell about it, a smell of something burning" .

Source: Three mysterious people

" That extremely unwholesome menu you were outlining just now? Of course you can — or as much as is good for you, anyway" .

Source: Hidden danger

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