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unwholesome Definition

un·whole·some (-hōlsəm)

adjective

not wholesome; specif.,

  1. harmful to body or mind; unhealthful
  2. having unsound health or an unhealthy appearance
  3. morally harmful or corrupt

Etymology: ME unholsom

  • unwhipped

unwholesome Related Forms

un·whole·somely adverb un·whole·some·ness noun

unwholesome Synonyms

unwholesome

modif.

unwholesome Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • deed: Some cittas are the result of wholesome or unwholesome deeds; they are vipakacittas.
  • action: Hell can be a physical location such as a prison or a psychological state experienced as a consequence of unwholesome actions.
  • state: We will come to know more about our unwholesome, unskilful states of mind and our wholesome, skillful, states of mind.
  • food: They apply purifications and incantations and all manner of charlatanry, but mark they also enforce abstinence from unwholesome food.
  • way: The ability to accomplish one's work is success in occupation, be it in the wholesome way or in the unwholesome way.
  • tendency: The wholesome and unwholesome tendencies we accumulate today condition future moments of kusala citta and akusala citta.

Modifying Another Word

  • rather: At around the same time there were some rather unwholesome things happening back in the Highlands of Scotland.
  • very: Such a place must be very unwholesome, and the smell of it was complained of by the neighbors.
  • so: I never allow my daughters to touch any thing so unwholesome!

Browse dictionary entries near unwholesome

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  10. unwanted
  1. unwieldy
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  8. unwish
  9. unwitting
  10. unwittingly