unwholesome

Etymology

From Middle English unholsom; equivalent to un- + wholesome.

adj

  1. Not wholesome; unfavorable to health; unhealthful.
    unwholesome air, or food
    Alas! he mastered not his destiny: I have said before, his ashes are in yonder urn. A few unwholesome dews on a summer night were mightier than all his science. 1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Enchantress, page 17
  2. Not sound; tainted; defective.
  3. Indicating unsound health; characteristic of or suggesting an unsound condition, physical or mental; repulsive; offensive.

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