Insalubrious definition

ĭnsə-lo͝obrē-əs
Not promoting health; unwholesome.

An insalubrious environment.

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Not salubrious; not healthful; unwholesome.
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Unhealthful, not providing or promoting health.
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Insalubrious Sentence Examples

  • Turkey's Arabian possessions comprise, besides El-Hasa on the Persian Gulf, the low-lying, hot and insalubrious Tehama and the south-western highlands (vilayets of Hejaz and Yemen) stretching continuously along the east side of the Red Sea, and including the two holy cities of Mecca and Medina.

  • But in spite of his success Guido could not be induced to remain in Rome, the insalubrious air of which seems to have affected his health.

  • The sultan of Achin opposed by force of arms the efforts of the Dutch to make their occupation effective, and has succeeded in maintaining a vigorous resistance, the Dutch colonial troops suffering severely from the effects of the insalubrious climate.

  • It has a population of about 10,000, an insalubrious climate and bad water.

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