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[ uhn-helth-fuhl ] / ʌnˈhɛlθ fəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR unhealthful ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot conducive to good health; unwholesome: unhealthful food. Origin of unhealthfulFirst recorded in 1570–80; un-1 + healthful OTHER WORDS FROM unhealthfulun·health·ful·ness, nounWords nearby unhealthfulunharness, unhasp, unhatched, UNHCR, unhealed, unhealthful, unhealthy, unheard, unheard-of, unheated, unheeded Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for unhealthfulSome warn that many of her recipes have an unhealthful reliance on processed ingredients. New York's Next First Lady?|Jacob Bernstein|April 21, 2010|DAILY BEAST Although without sewers and located on swampy ground, Cardenas is not unhealthful as the term is understood in Cuba. Industrial Cuba|Robert P. Porter It is in a fine tobacco and sugar district, and is a low and unhealthful place, but beautifully shaded with palms. Industrial Cuba|Robert P. Porter After all these festivities, a quiet, undisturbed life begins for the baby,—a life which is neither unpleasant nor unhealthful. Japanese Girls and Women|Alice Mabel Bacon
Widely present as the pneumococcus is, we know well that it is powerless for harm except in unhealthful surroundings. Preventable Diseases|Woods Hutchinson The objection to this, however, is, that it has an odor which is worse than the impure or unhealthful gases. The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island|Roger Thompson Finlay
Words related to unhealthfulunsanitary, dangerous, detrimental, harmful, noxious, toxic, unhealthy, insalubrious, unsalutary, contaminated |