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insalubrious en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ɪnsəˈluːbɹɪəs/
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English salubrious English insalubrious From in- + salubrious.

Meanings

1. Unhealthful, not providing or promoting health.
   • But while the were a few pockets of the city centre that were desirable places in which to live, for the most part London's traditional areas were overcrowded and insalubrious. 2025 September 3, Christian Wolmar, “9 to 5: The changing face of commuting”, in RAIL, number 1043, page 55:
   • What in the name of Common Sense is to recommend Brinshore?—A most insalubrious Air—Roads proverbially detestable—Water Brackish beyond example, impossible to get a good dish of Tea within 3 miles of the place—& as for the Soil—it is so cold & ungrateful that it can hardly be made to yeild^([sic]) a Cabbage. 1817 (date written), Jane Austen, chapter 1, in R[aymond] W[ilson] Chambers, editor, Fragment of a Novel Written by Jane Austen, January–March 1817 […] [Sanditon], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, published 1925, →OCLC, page 16:

Forms

Deriveds

insalubriousness · insalubriously

Translations (18)

pl niezdrowy (unhealthful) · it sfavorevole (unhealthful) · es insalubre (unhealthful) · el ανθυγιεινός (unhealthful) · fi epäterveellinen (unhealthful) · it insalubre (unhealthful) · pt insalubre (unhealthful) · sv ohälsosam (unhealthful) · it malsano (unhealthful) · pl obskurny (unhealthful) · de unzuträglich (unhealthful) · bg нездравословен (unhealthful) · gl insalubre (unhealthful) · fr insalubre (unhealthful) · sv hälsovådlig (unhealthful) · ca insalubre (unhealthful) · ro insalubru (unhealthful) · sv skadlig (unhealthful)