adj
Meaning 1
Not wholesome; unfavorable to health; unhealthful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- unwholesome air, or food
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unwholesome
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˌənˈhoʊlsəm/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌənˈhəʊlsəm/
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rhymes with -əʊlsəm
adj
Meaning 2
Not sound; tainted; defective.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Indicating unsound health; characteristic of or suggesting an unsound condition, physical or mental; repulsive; offensive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
detrimental to physical or moral well-being
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- unwholesome food
- unwholesome habits like smoking
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: wholesome
History
Etymology
From Middle English unholsom; equivalent to un- + wholesome.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: нездравословен (nezdravosloven) — not wholesome
- Esperanto: nesalubra — not wholesome
- Faroese: ósunnur — not wholesome
- French: malsain — not wholesome
- French: nocif — not wholesome
- French: insalubre — not wholesome
- German: ungesund — not wholesome
- German: unheilsam — not wholesome
- Hebrew: חולני — not wholesome
- Hungarian: ártalmas — not wholesome
- Hungarian: káros — not wholesome
- Hungarian: egészségtelen — not wholesome
- Hungarian: kártékony — not wholesome
- Hungarian: mérgező — not wholesome
- Hungarian: mérges — not wholesome
- Irish: anfholláin — not wholesome
- Old Irish: anḟolláin — not wholesome
- Old Irish: inanfollán — not wholesome
- Italian: malsano — not wholesome
- Italian: insalubre — not wholesome
- Italian: sfavorevole — not wholesome
- Latin: morbidus — not wholesome
- Manx: neufollan — not wholesome
- Manx: neuslayntoil — not wholesome
- Romanian: insalubru — not wholesome
- Romanian: nesănătos — not wholesome
- Romanian: nociv — not wholesome
- Russian: вре́дный (vrédnyj) — not wholesome
- Russian: нездоровый (nezdorovyj) — not wholesome
- Hungarian: veszedelmes — corrupt morally
- Hungarian: ártalmas — corrupt morally
- Hungarian: bomlasztó — corrupt morally
- Hungarian: kártékony — corrupt morally
- Hungarian: mérgező — corrupt morally
- Hungarian: romboló — corrupt morally
- Hungarian: romlott — corrupt morally
- Hungarian: erkölcstelen — corrupt morally
- Italian: corrotto — corrupt morally