insalubrious
adjective
unfavorable to health; unwholesome.
insalubrity
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a word derived from
insalubrious.
Example Sentences
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People slept next to piles of clothes that lay next to bags of trash, the situation too chaotic to sort out, a ticking time bomb of insalubrity and desperation.
From Slate ● Nov. 30, 2018
May we attribute the insalubrity of the atmosphere to the same causes as those which operate in the plains between Tivoli and Rome, namely, disengagements of sulphuretted hydrogen?*
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Alexander von Humboldt
The Rio de Aguas Calientes runs towards the north-east, and becomes, near the coast, a considerable river, swarming with great crocodiles, and contributing, by its inundations, to the insalubrity of the shore.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Alexander von Humboldt
Added to the discomfort and insalubrity of this crowding, they were almost penniless, having nothing but "Kossuth money."
From Round About the Carpathians by Andrew F. Crosse
A formidable evil, however, exists in the insalubrity of the air, arising from the extensive marshes and inundated grounds which border the lower part of the Mississippi.
From The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Warburton
