unhealthful

[uhn-helth-fuhl]

adjective

1. not conducive to good health; unwholesome.

   unhealthful food.

Other Word Forms

• unhealthfulness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of unhealthful¹

First recorded in 1570–80; un- ¹ + healthful

Example Sentences

Health officials extended a smoke advisory of unhealthful air quality to 10 p.m.

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They appear to work on other unhealthful dependencies such as narcotic and alcohol addiction, and possibly even on Alzheimer’s.

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The grades are based on the number of days a county’s air reaches unhealthful levels when measuring ozone and particle pollution.

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As he grew up, Vance learned just how unhealthful his diet had been.

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In Los Angeles County, however, residents should avoid the water at certain coastal locations because the bacterial levels reached unhealthful levels when last tested, according to an L.A.

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