unhealthiness
- noun
- /ʌnˈhɛlθiˌnəs/
- I have slid down the slippery slope of unhealthiness and really want to change not only for my health, but for my four kiddos and hubby as well.
And that is many times the emotional struggles we're having stem from physical unhealthiness, All right?
- And that is many times the emotional struggles we're having stem from physical unhealthiness, All right?
Examples
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He decided to change his lifestyle after realizing the unhealthiness of his eating habits.
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And so, if you entertain this, you are likely aware of the unhealthiness of it all.
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Do you suspect some unhealthiness has crept into one of your relationships?
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Doesn't this level of unhealthiness, doesn't it lead to people doing things like Da Vinci did?
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At a certain point, a person can possess excessively large physical proportions that lead to unhealthiness instead of physical formidability.
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In a study conducted by Yegenoglu (2007), the unhealthiness of the physical conditions was found to be the most important factor that reduced motivation at a rate of 81%.
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Many people are unaware of the long-term unhealthiness caused by a poor diet.
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The doctor warned her about the unhealthiness associated with being sedentary for too long.
Synonyms
Being sick or having a long-term problem with your body
Poor health that harms the body
A time when a person feels sick or has health problems
A condition that causes sickness or weakness
Being unhealthy or harmful to people's health
A condition that is bad for people's health
A state in which a person is not healthy in mind or body
A state of being often ill and weak for a long time
A state in which things are dirty and can make people ill
Being harmful to health or to people's morals
Antonyms
How Unhealthy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unhealthiness comes from the parts un- ('not'), healthy (from an old word meaning 'whole' or 'well') and -ness ('state'). So, unhealthiness means the 'state of not being whole or well', which is why we use it to talk about poor health or conditions that make people sick.