unwholesome
English
adj
Definitions
- Not wholesome; unfavorable to health; unhealthful.
- Not sound; tainted; defective.
- Indicating unsound health; characteristic of or suggesting an unsound condition, physical or mental; repulsive; offensive.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English unholsom affix from English wholesome.
Origin
English
wholesome
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- unwholesomely English
- unwholesomeness English
- whole English
- wholesome English
- wholesomely English
- wholesomeness English
- holsom Middle English
- unholsom Middle English
- unholsomli Middle English