UNWHOLESOME

unwholesome

(adjective) detrimental to physical or moral well-being; “unwholesome food”; “unwholesome habits like smoking”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

unwholesome (comparative more unwholesome, superlative most unwholesome)

Not wholesome; unfavorable to health; unhealthful.

Not sound; tainted; defective.

Indicating unsound health; characteristic of or suggesting an unsound condition, physical or mental; repulsive; offensive.

Antonyms

• wholesome

Source: Wiktionary



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28 November 2024

SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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