"unwholesome" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more unwholesome [comparative], most unwholesome [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English unholsom; equivalent to un- + wholesome. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|unholsom}} Middle English unholsom, {{af|en|un-|wholesome}} un- + wholesome Head templates: {{en-adj}} unwholesome (comparative more unwholesome, superlative most unwholesome)
  1. Not wholesome; unfavorable to health; unhealthful. Translations (not wholesome): нездравословен (nezdravosloven) (Bulgarian), ósunnur (Faroese), malsain (French), nocif (French), insalubre (French), ungesund (German), unheilsam (German), חולני (Hebrew), ártalmas (Hungarian), káros (Hungarian), egészségtelen (Hungarian), kártékony (Hungarian), mérgező (Hungarian), mérges (Hungarian), anfholláin (Irish), malsano (Italian), insalubre (Italian), sfavorevole (Italian), morbidus (Latin), neufollan (Manx), neuslayntoil (Manx), anḟolláin (Old Irish), inanfollán (Old Irish), insalubru (Romanian), nesănătos (Romanian), nociv (Romanian), вре́дный (vrédnyj) (Russian), нездоровый (nezdorovyj) (Russian)
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  2. Not sound; tainted; defective. Translations (corrupt morally): veszedelmes (Hungarian), ártalmas (Hungarian), bomlasztó (Hungarian), kártékony (Hungarian), mérgező (Hungarian), romboló (Hungarian), romlott (Hungarian), erkölcstelen (Hungarian), corrotto (Italian)
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  3. Indicating unsound health; characteristic of or suggesting an unsound condition, physical or mental; repulsive; offensive.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: unwholesomely, unwholesomeness

Alternative forms

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      "glosses": [
        "Indicating unsound health; characteristic of or suggesting an unsound condition, physical or mental; repulsive; offensive."
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  "word": "unwholesome"
}
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      "word": "wholesome"
    }
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms prefixed with un-",
    "English terms suffixed with -some",
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    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Faroese translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Manx translations",
    "Terms with Old Irish translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "unwholesomely"
    },
    {
      "word": "unwholesomeness"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "name": "af"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English unholsom; equivalent to un- + wholesome.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more unwholesome",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most unwholesome",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "unwholesome air, or food",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 4:",
          "text": "Caliban: As wicked dewe, as ere my mother bruſh'd / With Rauens feather from vnwholeſome Fen / Drop on you both : A Southweſt blow on yee, / And bliſter you all ore.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Enchantress, page 17:",
          "text": "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.",
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        "Not wholesome; unfavorable to health; unhealthful."
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          "ref": "2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 184:",
          "text": "There was something indefinably unwholesome about him. Something lean and snakelike.",
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      "glosses": [
        "Not sound; tainted; defective."
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        "Indicating unsound health; characteristic of or suggesting an unsound condition, physical or mental; repulsive; offensive."
      ],
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nezdravosloven",
      "sense": "not wholesome",
      "word": "нездравословен"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "not wholesome",
      "word": "ósunnur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not wholesome",
      "word": "malsain"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not wholesome",
      "word": "nocif"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not wholesome",
      "word": "insalubre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not wholesome",
      "word": "ungesund"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not wholesome",
      "word": "unheilsam"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "not wholesome",
      "word": "חולני"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not wholesome",
      "word": "ártalmas"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not wholesome",
      "word": "káros"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not wholesome",
      "word": "egészségtelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not wholesome",
      "word": "kártékony"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not wholesome",
      "word": "mérgező"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not wholesome",
      "word": "mérges"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "not wholesome",
      "word": "anfholláin"
    },
    {
      "code": "sga",
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "sense": "not wholesome",
      "word": "anḟolláin"
    },
    {
      "code": "sga",
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "sense": "not wholesome",
      "word": "inanfollán"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not wholesome",
      "word": "malsano"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not wholesome",
      "word": "insalubre"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not wholesome",
      "word": "sfavorevole"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "not wholesome",
      "word": "morbidus"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "not wholesome",
      "word": "neufollan"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "not wholesome",
      "word": "neuslayntoil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "not wholesome",
      "word": "insalubru"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "not wholesome",
      "word": "nesănătos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "not wholesome",
      "word": "nociv"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vrédnyj",
      "sense": "not wholesome",
      "word": "вре́дный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nezdorovyj",
      "sense": "not wholesome",
      "word": "нездоровый"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "corrupt morally",
      "word": "veszedelmes"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "corrupt morally",
      "word": "ártalmas"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "corrupt morally",
      "word": "bomlasztó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "corrupt morally",
      "word": "kártékony"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "corrupt morally",
      "word": "mérgező"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "corrupt morally",
      "word": "romboló"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "corrupt morally",
      "word": "romlott"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "corrupt morally",
      "word": "erkölcstelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "corrupt morally",
      "word": "corrotto"
    }
  ],
  "word": "unwholesome"
}

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