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unhealthiness

unhealthiness

1 3.9
A state of poor physical condition that causes problems
  • noun
  • /ʌnˈhɛlθiˌnəs/
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  • 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?

Examples

  • He decided to change his lifestyle after realizing the unhealthiness of his eating habits.

  • 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?

  • At a certain point, a person can possess excessively large physical proportions that lead to unhealthiness instead of physical formidability.

    Academic text (2014)
  • 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%.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Many people are unaware of the long-term unhealthiness caused by a poor diet.

  • The doctor warned her about the unhealthiness associated with being sedentary for too long.

Synonyms

ill health
vsunhealthiness
7 3.0

Being sick or having a long-term problem with your body

focuses on impaired functioning and pain-free activity reduction
morbidity
vsunhealthiness
  • Specialized
2 7.5

Poor health that harms the body

describes impaired normal functioning and reduced pain-free activity instead
unwellness
vsunhealthiness
8.1

A time when a person feels sick or has health problems

includes impaired pain-free functioning as a main feature
unhealthfulness
vsunhealthiness
7.7

A condition that causes sickness or weakness

describes the resulting impaired functioning rather than the promoting cause
insalubriousness
vsunhealthiness
  • Formal
9.9

Being unhealthy or harmful to people's health

is the personal impaired functioning state rather than external harm source
insalubrity
vsunhealthiness
  • Formal
9.9

A condition that is bad for people's health

focuses on bodily impairment and reduced normal pain-free function
unsoundness
vsunhealthiness
7.4

A state in which a person is not healthy in mind or body

is limited to physical impairment and reduced normal pain-free functioning
sickliness
vsunhealthiness
7.4

A state of being often ill and weak for a long time

indicates a single impaired health state rather than repeated or chronic episodes
unsanitariness
vsunhealthiness
9.5

A state in which things are dirty and can make people ill

refers to impaired bodily function rather than environmental cleanliness problems
unwholesomeness
vsunhealthiness
8.1

Being harmful to health or to people's morals

focuses purely on impaired physical health, not moral or social wrongdoing

Antonyms

1 1.6

Being well in body and mind

How Unhealthy

unhealthiness
1 3.9
healthiness
1 1.6

Surface Forms

unhealthiness singular

Morphology

unhealthiness = unhealthy (transparent) = un + health + ness

Standard noun formation from the adjective 'unhealthy' indicating the state or quality of being not healthy.

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.