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- Dictionaryunwholesome/ʌnˈhəʊls(ə)m/
adjective
- 1. not characterized by or conducive to health or moral well-being: "the use of the living room as sleeping quarters led to unwholesome crowding" Similar Opposite
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UNWHOLESOME definition: 1. not good for you, and likely to have a bad effect on your life either physically, morally, or…. Learn more.
The meaning of UNWHOLESOME is detrimental to physical, mental, or moral well-being : unhealthy. How to use unwholesome in a sentence.
If you describe someone's feelings or behaviour as unwholesome, you are critical of them because they are unpleasant or unnatural. [ disapproval ] My desire to be rich was an insane, unwholesome, oppressive desire.
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Definition of unwholesome adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define unwholesome. unwholesome synonyms, unwholesome pronunciation, unwholesome translation, English dictionary definition of unwholesome. adj. 1. Not conducive to good health; unhealthy: unwholesome foods. 2. Suggestive of disease or bad health: an unwholesome pallor. 3. Not conducive to...
There are 11 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word unwholesome, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
an unwholesome appearance synonyms: sickly, unhealthy antonyms: healthy, wholesome similar words: anemic, morbid: definition 3: morally objectionable or unhealthy.
Unwholesome definition: Not conducive to good health; unhealthy.
UNWHOLESOME meaning: 1. not good for you, and likely to have a bad effect on your life either physically, morally, or…. Learn more.
