unhealthy
adjective
un·healthy
ˌən-ˈhel-thē 
unhealthier; unhealthiest
1
: not conducive to health : not healthful
an unhealthy climate
unhealthy habits
unhealthy foods
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Examples of unhealthy in a Sentence
Her skin looks blotchy and unhealthy.
Tests revealed an unhealthy level of lead in the water.
Eating honey can be unhealthy for babies.
He was stuck in an unhealthy relationship.
She has an unhealthy interest in natural disasters.
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Researchers also point out that sitting and watching TV may promote other habits that lead to unhealthy aging, like mindless eating and staying up too late at night.
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Byalexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 14 June 2024
Counting calories can be a helpful first step to realizing the highest-calorie foods or recognizing unhealthy patterns.
—Kendra Thomas, TIME, 5 June 2024
These backups make residents’ environments unsafe, unhealthy, and inhumane, interfering with their constitutional right to a clean and healthy environment, yet many homeowners cannot meet the compounding costs of short or long-term solutions to problems with their sewer systems.
—Niki Cross, New York Daily News, 4 June 2024
More than 95% of air quality index days in 2023 were good air quality days, zero were unhealthy or hazardous days and only seven were moderate.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 4 June 2024
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Byalexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 14 June 2024
Counting calories can be a helpful first step to realizing the highest-calorie foods or recognizing unhealthy patterns.
—Kendra Thomas, TIME, 5 June 2024
These backups make residents’ environments unsafe, unhealthy, and inhumane, interfering with their constitutional right to a clean and healthy environment, yet many homeowners cannot meet the compounding costs of short or long-term solutions to problems with their sewer systems.
—Niki Cross, New York Daily News, 4 June 2024
More than 95% of air quality index days in 2023 were good air quality days, zero were unhealthy or hazardous days and only seven were moderate.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 4 June 2024
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“Unhealthy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unhealthy. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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