unwholesomeness

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Synonyms for unwholesomeness

noun impurity

noun. dirty state

noun. impurity

c.1200, from un- (1) "not" + wholesome. Cf. Flemish onheylsaem, German unheilsam, Old Norse uheilsamr.

It was the unwholesomeness of the vegetation which chiefly unnerved him.

We do not envy the unwholesomeness of a mind so watchful for obscenity.

And how, then, is it possible, that unwholesomeness should distil from the udder of a cow?

This only increased the unwholesomeness of the air, and at last Louis fell ill too.

The probable cause of the unwholesomeness of a damp house is its liability to grow moulds and mildews and allied organisms.

Obtain the victory, know how to follow it up, and leave the wholesomeness or unwholesomeness to critics.

I fell in love with her, like a schoolboy with green apples, heeding not the danger of unwholesomeness.

The unwholesomeness of food is quite as often due to bad cookery as to improper selection of material.

The unwholesomeness of the place is further increased by the malodorous swamp surrounding it.

There seems to be no connection between the natural repugnance to the use of a food and its unwholesomeness.