adj. Not wholesome; unfavorable to health; insalubrious; unhealthy; as, unwholesome air; unwholesome food.
adj. Not sound; diseased; tainted; impaired; defective.
adj. Indicating unsound health; characteristic of or suggesting an unsound condition, physical or mental; repulsive; offensive.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Not wholesome; unfavorable to health; insalubrious; unhealthful: as, unwholesome air; unwholesome food.
Not sound; diseased; tainted; impaired; defective.
Indicating unsound health; characteristic of or suggesting an unsound condition, physical or mental; hence, repulsive.
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adj. detrimental to physical or moral well-being
Word Usage
"She had been a soldier's wife, and had seen the world; infirmity, induced by fevers caught in unwholesome quarters, had come on her before its time, and she seldom moved from her little cot."