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• unhealthy — [adj1] sick ailing, below par, debilitated, delicate, diseased, down, dragging, feeble, frail, ill, in a decline, infirm, in ill health, in poor health, invalid, laid low*, out of action*, out of shape, peaked, poorly, run down, shaky, sickly,… …   New thesaurus

• unhealthy — [unhel′thē] adj. unhealthier, unhealthiest 1. having or showing poor health; sickly; not well 2. harmful to health; unwholesome 3. harmful to morals or character 4. dangerous or risky [an unhealthy situation] unhealthily adv. unhealthiness …   English World dictionary

• unhealthy — index deadly, deleterious, detrimental, disadvantageous, harmful, inadvisable, insalubrious, lethal, noxio …   Law dictionary

• unhealthy — 1590s, injurious to health, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + HEALTHY (Cf. healthy). Earlier unhealthsome (1540s), unhealthful (1570s). Of persons, sickly, it is attested from 1610s …   Etymology dictionary

• unhealthy — ► ADJECTIVE (unhealthier, unhealthiest) 1) in poor health. 2) not conducive to health. DERIVATIVES unhealthily adverb unhealthiness noun …   English terms dictionary

• unhealthy — [[t]ʌnhe̱lθi[/t]] unhealthier, unhealthiest 1) ADJ GRADED Something that is unhealthy is likely to cause illness or poor health. Avoid unhealthy foods such as hamburger and chips... He worked in the notoriously unhealthy environment of a coal… …   English dictionary

• unhealthy — UK [ʌnˈhelθɪ] / US adjective Word forms unhealthy : adjective unhealthy comparative unhealthier superlative unhealthiest 1) ill, or not physically fit Your skin looks pale and unhealthy. 2) a) an unhealthy business or economy does not make a lot… …   English dictionary

• unhealthy — un|health|y [ʌnˈhelθi] adj comparative unhealthier superlative unhealthiest 1.) likely to make you ill ▪ unhealthy living conditions 2.) not normal or natural and likely to be harmful ▪ an unhealthy relationship unhealthy interest/obsession/fear… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• unhealthy — adjective 1 likely to make you ill: unhealthy living conditions 2 not healthy: unhealthy children who don t get enough exercise 3 unhealthy skin, hair etc shows that you are ill or not healthy: an unhealthy pale complexion 4 behaviour that is… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• unhealthy — un|health|y [ ʌn helθi ] adjective 1. ) sick or not physically fit: Your skin looks pale and unhealthy. She said it was unhealthy to bottle up your problems. a ) not good for you in a physical way: Everyone knows smoking is unhealthy. b ) not… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• unhealthy — unhealthily, adv. unhealthiness, n. /un hel thee/, adj., unhealthier, unhealthiest. 1. not in a state of good or normal health; in an unsound, weak, or morbid condition. 2. symptomatic of or resulting from bad health: an unhealthy pallor. 3. not… …   Universalium