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UNHEALTHY
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Irregular inflected forms: unhealthier , unhealthiest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not conducive to good health
Example:
an unhealthy climate
Classified under:
Similar:
unhealthful (detrimental to good health)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind
Example:
unhealthy ulcers
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Similar:
diseased; morbid; pathologic; pathological (caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology)
dropsical; edematous (swollen with an excessive accumulation of fluid)
enlarged (larger than normal)
foaming; foamy; frothing (producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease)
gangrenous; mortified (suffering from tissue death)
inflamed (resulting from inflammation; hot and swollen and reddened)
inflammatory (characterized or caused by inflammation)
ingrowing; ingrown (growing abnormally into the flesh)
icteric; jaundiced; yellow (affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc)
membrane-forming; membranous (characterized by formation of a membrane (or something resembling a membrane))
mental (affected by a disorder of the mind)
pro-inflammatory; proinflammatory (tending to cause inflammation)
sallow; sickly (unhealthy looking)
sore-eyed (having sore eyes; suffering from pinkeye or conjunctivitis)
sunburned; sunburnt (suffering from overexposure to direct sunlight)
varicose (abnormally swollen or knotty)
windburned; windburnt (suffering from windburn)
angry (severely inflamed and painful)
arthritic; creaky; rheumatic; rheumatoid; rheumy (of or pertaining to arthritis)
asthmatic; wheezing; wheezy (relating to breathing with a whistling sound)
bad; unfit; unsound (physically unsound or diseased)
blebby; blistery (covered with small blisters)
intumescent; puffy; tumescent; tumid; turgid (abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas)
bloodshot ((of an eye) reddened as a result of locally congested blood vessels; inflamed)
cankerous; ulcerated; ulcerous (having an ulcer or canker)
carbuncled; carbuncular (afflicted with or resembling a carbuncle)
carious ((of teeth) affected with cavities or decay)
caseous (of damaged or necrotic tissue; cheeselike)
chilblained (having chilblains)
colicky; flatulent; gassy (suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal)
cytomegalic (of or relating to or characterized by greatly enlarged cells)
dehydrated (suffering from excessive loss of water from the body)
Also:
unfit (not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition)
frail (physically weak)
ill; sick (affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function)
unwholesome (detrimental to physical or moral well-being)
Attribute:
health; wellness (a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease)
Antonym:
healthy (having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease)
Derivation:
unhealthiness (a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Detrimental to health
Synonyms:
insalubrious; unhealthful; unhealthy
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unwholesome (detrimental to physical or moral well-being)
Context examples:
A balance of proteins in cells helps maintain health, but an unhealthy clumping can lead to a variety of diseases, including those connected to aging such as Alzheimer's.
(New Pathway for Handling Stress Discovered, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The spleen also removes unhealthy, old, and misshapen red blood cells from circulation.
(How the spleen keeps blood healthy, NIH)
An unhealthy population of microbes in the mouth triggers specialized immune cells that inflame and destroy tissues, leading to the type of bone loss associated with a severe form of gum disease.
(Researchers identify immune culprits linked to inflammation and bone loss in gum disease, National Institutes of Health)
The risk of certain cardiovascular diseases may be increased by smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, unhealthy diet, lack of exercise, and obesity.
(Cardiovascular disease, NCI Dictionary)
They involve long-term patterns of thoughts and behaviors that are unhealthy and inflexible.
(Personality Disorders, NIH)
At the same time, her microbiome has decreased levels of Proteobacteria species, which are often associated with unhealthy microbial imbalances.
(Species Shifts in the Honey Bee Microbiome Differ with Age and Hive Role, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
People with poor social support may have worse health outcomes because they have unhealthier lifestyles, are less compliant with treatment, and are more affected by stressful events.
(Loneliness Is Bad for Heart, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Now with food so abundant, this energy-saving mechanism can backfire and lead to unhealthy outcomes.
(Some gut cells slow down metabolism, accelerate cardiovascular disease, National Institutes of Health)
Headey believes that if increasing taxes on unhealthy food products is not having the desired effects, something must be done to discourage consumers from choosing unhealthy food products and producers from producing them.
(High cost of healthy food to blame for malnutrition, SciDev.Net)
Compared to women, men are more likely to: • Smoke and drink • Make unhealthy or risky choices • Put off regular checkups and medical care
(Men's Health, NIH)
