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unhealthful
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As an adjective, unhealthful means not promoting health.
Meanings of unhealthful
2 meaningsadjective
Not promoting health; detrimental to health.
“An unhealthful diet and lack of exercise are common causes for heart disease.”
Not sanitary or healthful
“unsanitary open sewers”
“grim and unsanitary conditions”
Similar: unsanitary, insanitary
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
adjective: not sanitary or healthful
unsanitaryinsanitary
adjective: detrimental to health
insalubriousunhealthy
Oppositeshealthful
Words that rhyme with unhealthful
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