unhealthfuladj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈhɛlθf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˌənˈhɛlθfəl/ 1. absolute.1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 164 in Justice Vindicated That you may never in the same manner judge rich and poor,..the healthful and unhealthful.
a. = unhealthy adj. 1.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased
untrumc825
sickc888
unwholec888
slackc897
unstronga900
sicklea1000
sam-halea1023
worseOE
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unhealthful1580
sickish1581
valetudinary1581
not well1587
fainty1590
ill-disposed1596
unhealthsome1598
tainted1600
ill-affected1604
peaking1611
unhealthy1611
infirmited1616
disaffected1626
physical1633
illish1637
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invalid1642
misaffected1645
valetudinarious1648
unhale1653
badly1654
unwholesome1655
valetudinous1655
morbulent1656
off the hooksa1658
mawkish1668
morbid1668
unthriven1680
unsane1690
ailing1716
not wellish1737
underlya1742
poorly1750
indifferent1753
comical1755
maladized1790
sober1808
sickened1815
broken-down1816
peaky1821
poorlyish1827
souffrante1827
run-down1831
sicklied1835
addle1844
shaky1844
mean1845
dauncy1846
stricken1846
peakyish1853
po'ly1860
pindling1861
rough1882
rocky1883
suffering1885
wabbit1895
icky-boo1920
like death warmed up1924
icky1938
ropy1945
crappy1956
hanging1971
sick as a parrot1982
shite1987
1580 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David xxii. i My God,..from me why is thy presence taken? Soe farre from seeing mine unhealthfull eyes.
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xv. 95 They be small, alwaies leane, vnhealthfull, and their flesh of small relish.
1683 T. Tryon Way to Health 202 These latter sort of People..are certainly the most unhealthful men in the World.
?1737 Visct. Bolingbroke Lett. Study Hist. vii Charles the second: an unhealthful youth.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. i. 211 Many come into the world maimed, weakly, and unhealthful.
b. Of life, growth, etc.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak
unmightyeOE
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caduke?1518
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tewly?1547
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unable1577
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washya1631
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fluea1645
tender1645
invaletudinary1661
languishant1674
valetudinaire?c1682
puly1688
thriftless1693
unheartya1699
wishy-washy1703
enervate1706
valetudinarian1713
lask1727
wersh1755
palliea1774
wankle1781
asthenic1789
atonic1792
squeal1794
adynamic1803
worn-down1814
totterish1817
asthenical1819
prostrate1820
used up1823
wankya1825
creaky1834
groggy1834
puny1838
imbeciled1840
rickety-rackety1840
muscleless1841
weedy1849
tottery1861
crocky1880
wimbly-wambly1881
ramshackle1889
twitterly1896
twittery1907
wonky1919
strung out1959
1595 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. IV. 124 In my declyninge and unhealthfull yeres.
1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus i. 13 Of an vnhealthfull..and painfull life men are so weary, as they would seeke for death.
1786 J. Abercrombie Gardeners Daily Assistant 247 Any plants of an infirm, unhealthful, stunted..growth.
1831 N. P. Willis Poem at Brown University 88 Unhealthful fires burn constant in his eye.
1895 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 340 The bark peels away in strips, leaving them in white un~healthful nakedness.
2. = unhealthy adj. 2.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > insalubrity > [adjective]
evilc1000
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pestilenta1398
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unkindlyc1570
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unhealthful1598
unsound1598
unhealthy1600
sickly1604
deleterial1621
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insalutary1694
maliferous1727
insanous1742
unsalubrious1781
unsanitary1872
insanitary1874
devitalizing1875
antihygienic1876
unhygienic1883
unhealthy-looking1890
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Insalubre, vnholsome, vnhealthfull.
1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata 303 The Winter following will be very unhealthful and obnoxious to all creatures.
1683 J. Dryden Life Plutarch 5 in J. Dryden et al. tr. Plutarch Lives I Being also expos'd to the winds which blew from that quarter, the Town was perpetually unhealthful.
1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. 36 All countries where stagnant waters abound must be unhealthful.
1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 363 The unhealthful East, That breathes the spleen, and searches ev'ry bone Of the infirm.
1841–8 F. Myers Catholic Thoughts II. iii. §50. 193 Such Rest..is sweeter far than any which unhealthful indolence..can supply.
1865 A. D. Whitney Gayworthys xxiii There was truly something in the air that had made the place unhealthful to her.
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