Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for UN-HEALTH'Y
UN-HEALTH'Y, a. [unhelth'y.]
- Wanting health; wanting a sound and vigorous state of body; habitually weak or indisposed; as, an unhealthy person.
- Unsound; wanting vigor of growth; as, an unhealthy plant.
- Sickly; abounding with disease; as, an unhealthy season or city.
- Insalubrious; unwholesome; adapted to generate diseases; as, an unhealthy climate or country.
- Morbid; not indicating health.
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