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unwholesome

/uhn-hohl-suhm/US // ʌnˈhoʊl səm //UK // (ʌnˈhəʊlsəm) //

不健康的,不健康,不健康的东西,不卫生

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not wholesome; unhealthful; deleterious to health or physical or moral well-being: unwholesome food; unwholesome activities.
    • : not sound in health; unhealthy, especially in appearance; suggestive of disease: an unwholesome pallor.

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Examples

  • In an interview this week, Egeland strongly defended the propriety of delivering aid to unwholesome parts of northern Syria.

  • Conservatives have spent decades fulminating against a gay conspiracy to promote their unwholesome “agenda” in public schools.

  • The strong hand relaxed, another moment and the man, slipping round the corner like an unwholesome spirit, was gone.

  • Yesterday the ground appeared, and a hard rain coming down at the same time washed off much of the unwholesome debris.

  • Piso says, that the flesh of the six banded is not eatable; and Nieremberg affirms, that it is unwholesome and pernicious.

  • The woody hollow of Cowan's Bridge was foggy, unwholesome, damp.

  • Clothing, also, especially in boys the breeches, may give rise during childhood to unwholesome stimulation.