unhealthful
adjective
1. not sanitary or healthful
Similar word(s): unhygienic, insanitary, unsanitary
2. detrimental to good health
- unhealthful air pollution
- unhealthful conditions in old apartments with peeling lead-based paint
Similar word(s): crippling, disabling, incapacitating, cytopathogenic, infective, morbific, pathogenic, nonmedicinal, unmedical, unmedicative, unmedicinal, unhealthy, infected, septic, toxic, unwholesome
3. detrimental to health
Similar word(s): unwholesome, insalubrious, unhealthy
Sentences with unhealthful as an adjective:
- An unhealthful diet and lack of exercise are common causes for heart disease.