Meanings
comparative more unsalutary · superlative most unsalutary
- Not salutary.
It furnished a strong, and perhaps not an unsalutary contrast, to the terrors which had preceded, and the dreadful scenes that awaited me.
1903, William Godwin, Caleb Williams1 more example
Such Nations cannot have a King to command them; can only have this or the other scandalous swindling Copper Captain, constitutional Gilt Mountebank, or other the like unsalutary entity by way of King; and the sins of the fathers are visited upon the children in a frightful and tragical manner, little noticed in the Penny Newspapers and Periodical Literatures of this generation.
1865, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XXI. (of XXI.)
Origin
Translations
Polish niezbawienny, niepożyteczny
- niezbawiennynot effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice
- niepożytecznynot effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice
- niezdrowotnynot promoting good health and physical well-being
Spanish insalubre
- insalubrenot promoting good health and physical well-being
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