Word Study
unhealthful
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective unhealthful has 3 senses
- unhealthful(a = adj.all) insanitary, unsanitary - not sanitary or healthful; "unsanitary open sewers"; "grim and unsanitary conditions" Derived form noun unhealthfulness1
- unhealthful(a = adj.all) Array - detrimental to good health; "unhealthful air pollution"; "unhealthful conditions in old apartments with peeling lead-based paint" Antonym: healthful
- unhealthful(s = adj.all) insalubrious, unhealthy - detrimental to health; Array Derived form noun unhealthfulness1
Derived form noun unhealthfulness1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
unhealthful, adj. harmful to health, unwholesome.
Derivative
unhealthfulness n.
THESAURUS
unhealthful
bad, bad for, contaminated, foul, harmful, injurious, insalubrious, insanitary, morbific, noisome, noxious, pathogenic, peccant, pestiferous, polluted, septic, sickly, tainted, unhealthy, unhygienic, unsanitary, unwholesome
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