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Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples
Pronunciation: US /ʌnˈhɛlθi/ · UK /ʌnˈhelθi/
unhealthy means: Likely to harm your body or mind.
adjective
Likely to harm your body or mind.
- Smoking is an unhealthy habit.
- He eats too much unhealthy food.
- Her unhealthy interest in other people’s problems worries me.
Showing poor health or creating conditions in which people are likely to become ill.
- His skin had an unhealthy colour.
- The families lived in unhealthy conditions.
- Damp rooms and dirty water made the surroundings unhealthy.
Suffering from illness or having a weak body.
- The puppy looks unhealthy.
- He was an unhealthy child who often missed school.
- The vet separated the unhealthy animals from the others.
Weak or doing badly, especially in business or the economy.
- The company’s finances are unhealthy.
- High debt is a sign of an unhealthy economy.
- The report describes an unhealthy market dominated by one company.
Likely to encourage bad thoughts or behaviour.
- They feared his unhealthy influence.
- The teacher described those attitudes as unhealthy.
- She believed the violent stories were unhealthy reading material for children.
Questions about unhealthy
What does unhealthy mean?
Likely to harm your body or mind.
What is unhealthy in other languages?
Türkçe: sağlıksız · Español: malsano · Français: malsain · Deutsch: ungesund · Italiano: malsano · 日本語: 健康に悪い
How do you pronounce unhealthy?
In American English /ʌnˈhɛlθi/; in British English /ʌnˈhelθi/.
How do you use unhealthy in a sentence?
Smoking is an unhealthy habit. He eats too much unhealthy food.
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