unhealthy

Definitions

1. adjective

   Characterized by, or conducive to, poor health.

   Example

   • The villagers lived in unhealthy surroundings.
2. adjective

   Sick or ill.

   Examples

   • He was an unhealthy child.
   • ‘And at once he'll be on his high-horse - he knows everything! - and he'll prove, prove, that all unhealthy children must be lethal-chambered or the world will go to pieces.’
3. adjective

   Tending to corrupt.

   Example

   • He liked unhealthy reading material.
4. adjective

   Characterized by disturbed mental health.

   Example

   • He had an unhealthy interest in fire.