UNHEALTHY


Meaning of UNHEALTHY in English

“+ adjective

Etymology: un- (I) + healthy

1. : unhealthful 2

an unhealthy climate

2.

a. : not in good health : sickly , weak

b. : evincing abnormality : diseased , morbid

unhealthy wounds and ulcers — Robert Chawner

register … unhappiness, the boy with nightmares, the girl with unhealthy greed — Caroline H. Tunstall

3.

a. : of a dangerous nature : risky , unsound

dropping depth charges at six knots is unhealthy for the boat that does it — Alexander Forbes

it would be unhealthy … to criticize the regime — Atlantic

on the lookout for unhealthy speculative developments — C.E.Egan

b. : of a harmful nature : bad , injurious

had an unhealthy habit … of borrowing money — R.W.Thorp

produce inflation, or other unhealthy results — Internat'l Bank for Reconstruction & Development Report

c. : morally contaminated : corrupt , depraved

an unhealthy alliance between thugs and politicians

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.