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Definition of "unhealthy" []

  • Being in a state of ill health; sick. (adjective)
  • Characterized by or symptomatic of ill health: an unhealthy pallor. (adjective)
  • Causing or conducive to poor health; unwholesome: an unhealthy diet. (adjective)
  • Harmful to character or moral health; corruptive: unhealthy reading material. (adjective)
  • Characterized by or symptomatic of disturbed mental health: took an unhealthy interest in violence and fires. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "unhealthy" in a sentence
  • "His Books, like himself, are what I call unhealthy; not the good sort of Books."
  • "Their oppression of others does not allow people to live their lives honestly, so they act out in unhealthy ways – Foley, Haggard, Craig, McGreevey, etc."
  • "Ms. McCaskill, a Democrat who is facing reelection next year, was among the senators who also complained in a joint letter last year about the EPA proposal to tighten the definition of unhealthy ozone levels."