unwholesomeness

8.1

Being harmful to health or to people's morals

noun
/ʌnˈhoʊlsəmnəs/

: nocividad

Parents were concerned about the unwholesomeness of the television show's themes and messages.

Examples

The unwholesomeness of junk food can lead to serious health issues over time.
Your insomnia is merely a symptom of a greater unwholesomeness.

Fiction book (2000)
They were the parents who had fewer children and even fewer grandchildren as the realities of famine, disease, and the general unwholesomeness of life were driven home to them.

Fiction book (1993)
The community worked hard to eliminate the unwholesomeness that had taken root in their environment.

Synonyms

ugliness

vsunwholesomeness

20 4.6

A quality of being morally bad or cruel

also includes the idea of causing physical or general harm

morbidity

vsunwholesomeness

Specialized

2 7.5

Poor health that harms the body

is broader by including harmful moral consequences as well

unholiness

vsunwholesomeness

2 8.9

A lack of religious goodness or sacred quality

is secular and focuses on harm rather than religious status

harmfulness

vsunwholesomeness

1 4.8

How much something can hurt people, animals, or things

also covers moral wrongs as well as physical harm

filthiness

vsunwholesomeness

1 5.3

A state of being morally bad because of wrong actions

also covers physical unhealth and broader harmfulness beyond morals

unconscionability

vsunwholesomeness

Formal

1 9.9

Extreme unfairness in a contract or action that is morally wrong

is broader, covering general harm to health and morals rather than legality

unhealthiness

vsunwholesomeness

1 3.9

A state of poor physical condition that causes problems

adds a moral or ethical harm element beyond physical sickness

unsavoriness

vsunwholesomeness

1 9.3

A behavior that people find morally wrong or offensive

adds the idea of physical unhealth beyond mere unpleasantness

nefariousness

vsunwholesomeness

Formal

1 9.6

Very evil behaviour that harms other people

is broader, including milder moral harm and physical unhealth

insalubriousness

vsunwholesomeness

Formal

9.9

Being unhealthy or harmful to people's health

is broader, including moral harm as well as physical damage

unhealthfulness

vsunwholesomeness

7.7

A condition that causes sickness or weakness

also covers moral or social harm not only bodily effects

morbidness

vsunwholesomeness

8.8

An unhealthy interest in sad or frightening things

is wider, applying to moral harm and poor health rather than interest

perniciousness

vsunwholesomeness

Formal

9.9

Great harm that can cause death or serious damage

is similar but can be milder and include moral damage

seaminess

vsunwholesomeness

9.3

An unpleasant hidden side of a person or place

is broader, covering general harm including physical and moral aspects

despicability

vsunwholesomeness

8.9

A very bad moral quality that makes people feel disgust or anger

is more about harmfulness and poor health as well as disgust

unconscionableness

vsunwholesomeness

9.9

A very unfair way of acting that shows no care for what is right

is about harm to health or moral wellbeing rather than unfairness

Antonyms

wholesomeness

3 4.2

Being good for your health and for how you act

How Wholesome

healthiness

1 1.6

wholesomeness

3 4.2

nourishment

38 2.0

unwholesomeness

8.1

harmfulness

1 4.8

toxicity

Specialized

39 7.2

Surface Forms

unwholesomeness singular

unwholesomenesses plural

Morphology

unwholesomeness = unwholesome (transparent) = un + wholesome + ness

Formed from the adjective 'unwholesome' + '-ness'; the meaning 'state of being not wholesome' is directly predictable.

Etymology

The word unwholesomeness breaks into un- 'not' and wholesome, which comes from whole meaning 'complete' or 'healthy'. So, unwholesomeness is the quality of being 'not healthy' or morally harmful.