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un·health·y
unhealthy
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- pronunciation:
- uhn
hel
thi
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
part of speech: |
adjective |
inflections: |
unhealthier, unhealthiest |
definition 1: |
in bad health; ill.
The unhealthy child missed a lot of school.- synonyms:
- ill, sick, unwell
- antonyms:
- healthy, sound
- similar words:
- bad, feeble, frail, infirm, sickly, weak
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definition 2: |
causing poor health or disease.
Smoking is an unhealthy habit.
- antonyms:
- healthful, healthy
- similar words:
- bad, damaging, detrimental, harmful, malignant, septic, toxic
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related words: |
run-down, sick |
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derivations: |
unhealthily (adv.), unhealthiness (n.) |
The word unhealthy
contains the following part:
un-1
Old English
prefix
that means not
More about this word part:
The prefix un1 attaches to adjectives to create adjectives that mean the opposite of the base word.
Example words:
unable, unaware, unbeaten, unbelievable, uncertain, unclear, uncomfortable, uncommon, unconscious, unconstitutional, uncooperative, undecided, undue, unemployed, uneasy, unequal, uneven, unfair, unfamiliar, unfortunate, unfriendly, unhappy, unhealthy, unimportant, uninhabited, uninterested, unkind, unknown, unlawful, unlike, unlimited, unlucky, unnatural, unnecessary, unpleasant, unpopular, unreliable, unreasonable, unsatisfactory, unstable, unsteady, untrue, unusual, unwell
- synonyms:
- dis-, de-, in-2
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