English > unwholesome: 1 sense > adjective 1| Meaning | detrimental to physical or moral well-being. |
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| Examples | - "unwholesome food"
- "unwholesome habits like smoking"
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| Narrower | insalubrious, unhealthful, unhealthy | detrimental to health |
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| insubstantial | lacking in nutritive value |
| morbid | Suggesting an unhealthy mental state |
| nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vile | Causing or able to cause nausea |
| rich | Containing plenty of fat, or eggs, or sugar |
| See also | harmful | Causing or capable of causing harm |
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| noxious | injurious to physical or mental health |
| unhealthful | detrimental to good health |
| unhealthy | not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind |
| unsound | not sound financially |
| Opposite | wholesome | conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being |
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| Spanish | insalubre, insano |
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| Nouns | unwholesomeness | the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you |
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