UNHEALTHFUL

unhealthful

(adjective) detrimental to good health; “unhealthful air pollution”; “unhealthful conditions in old apartments with peeling lead-based paint”

unsanitary, insanitary, unhealthful

(adjective) not sanitary or healthful; “unsanitary open sewers”; “grim and unsanitary conditions”

insalubrious, unhealthful, unhealthy

(adjective) detrimental to health

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

unhealthful (comparative more unhealthful, superlative most unhealthful)

Not promoting health; detrimental to health.

Synonyms

• insalubrious

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

9 May 2025

RIGHT

(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”


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Coffee Trivia

The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.

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