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adjective unhealthier, unhealthiest

having or showing poor health; sickly; not well
harmful to health; unwholesome
harmful to morals or character
dangerous or risky: an unhealthy situation

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unhealthily adverb
unhealthiness noun

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adjective un·health·i·er, un·health·i·est

a. Being in a state of ill health; sick.
b. Characterized by or symptomatic of ill health: an unhealthy pallor.
c. Causing or conducive to poor health; unwholesome: an unhealthy diet.
Harmful to character or moral health; corruptive: unhealthy reading material.
Characterized by or symptomatic of disturbed mental health: took an unhealthy interest in violence and fires.
Of a risky nature; dangerous: an unhealthy predicament.

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unˌhealthˈi·ly adverb

un·healthˈi·ness noun

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