unhealthy

English

Etymology

un- +‎ healthy

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈhɛl.θi/
- Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -ɛlθi

Adjective

unhealthy (comparative unhealthier or more unhealthy, superlative unhealthiest or most unhealthy)

characterized by, or conducive to poor health
The villagers lived in unhealthy surroundings.
sick or ill
He was an unhealthy child.
tending to corrupt
He liked unhealthy reading material.
characterized by disturbed mental health
He had an unhealthy interest in fire.

Synonyms

Thesaurus:diseased

Antonyms

healthy

Translations

conducive to poor health

Arabic: غَيْر صِحِّيّ (ḡayr ṣiḥḥiyy)
Armenian: վատառողջ (hy) (vataṙoġǰ)
Belarusian: шкадлі́вы (škadlívy), шко́дны (škódny), нездаро́вы (njezdaróvy)
Bulgarian: вре́ден (bg) (vréden), нездраавословен (nezdraavosloven)
Catalan: insalubre (ca)
Czech: nezdravý m
Dutch: ongezond (nl)
Esperanto: malsana
Estonian: ebatervislik
Finnish: epäterveellinen (fi)
French: malsain (fr), mauvais pour la santé
German: ungesund (de), gesundheitsschädlich (de)
Greek: νοσηρός (el) (nosirós), ανθυγιεινός (el) (anthygieinós)
Hungarian: egészségtelen (hu)
Ingrian: vrednoi
Italian: malsano (it), insalubre (it)
Latin: aeger (la), aegrotus
Luxembourgish: ongesond
Polish: niezdrowy (pl)
Portuguese: insalubre (pt)
Romanian: nesănătos (ro)
Russian: вре́дный (ru) (vrédnyj) (для здоро́вья), нездоро́вый (ru) (nezdoróvyj)
Slovak: nezdravý
Swedish: ohälsosam (sv), hälsovådlig (sv)
Turkish: sağlıksız (tr)
Ukrainian: шкідли́вий (škidlývyj), нездоро́вий (nezdoróvyj)
Welsh: afiach (cy)

characterized by disturbed mental health

Azerbaijani: qeyri-sağlam
Russian: нездоро́вый (ru) (nezdoróvyj)
Swedish: osund (sv), sjuklig (sv)

sick or ill — see sick,‎ ill

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