unhealthiness

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noun

The state of being unhealthy.

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ill healthhealth problem
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Meanings

noununhealthiness (usually uncountable, plural unhealthinesses)

plural unhealthinesses

  1. uncountableusuallyThe state of being unhealthy.

    He looked elegant and vulnerable, his eyes edging away from contact and set into a face of exquisite unhealthiness.

    1988, Edmund White, chapter 5, in The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, published 1994
    1 more example

    […] I possess an old house, Ferndean Manor, even more retired and hidden than this, where I could have lodged her safely enough, had not a scruple about the unhealthiness of the situation, in the heart of a wood, made my conscience recoil from the arrangement.

    1847, Charlotte Brontë, chapter 27, in Jane Eyre

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain

Similar
ill healthhealth problem
Broader
pathological state
Also see
ill health

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From unhealthy + -ness.

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Translations

Catalan insalubritat
  • insalubritatthe state of being unhealthy
Finnish epäterveellisyys
  • epäterveellisyysthe state of being unhealthy
French insalubrité
  • insalubritéthe state of being unhealthy
German Ungesundheit
  • Ungesundheitthe state of being unhealthy
Greek ανθυγιεινότητα
  • ανθυγιεινότητα (anthygieinótita)the state of being unhealthy
Hungarian egészségtelenség
  • egészségtelenségthe state of being unhealthy
Irish mífholláine, easláinte
  • mífholláinethe state of being unhealthy
  • easláintethe state of being unhealthy
Italian insalubrità
  • insalubritàthe state of being unhealthy
Polish brak zdrowia
  • brak zdrowiathe state of being unhealthy
Portuguese insalubridade
  • insalubridadethe state of being unhealthy
Romanian nesănătate
  • nesănătatethe state of being unhealthy
Russian боле́зненность, вре́дность
  • боле́зненность (boléznennostʹ)the state of being unhealthy
  • вре́дность (vrédnostʹ)the state of being unhealthy
  • нездоро́вье (nezdoróvʹje)the state of being unhealthy
Spanish insalubridad
  • insalubridadthe state of being unhealthy
Cite this entry
APA

unhealthiness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unhealthiness

MLA

“unhealthiness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unhealthiness. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unhealthiness,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unhealthiness.

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