unhealthiness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English unhealthy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English unhealthiness From unhealthy + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The state of being unhealthy.
He looked elegant and vulnerable, his eyes edging away from contact and set into a face of exquisite unhealthiness.
1988, Edmund White, chapter 5, in The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, published 1994:[…] I possess an old house, Ferndean Manor, even more retired and hidden than this, where I could have lodged her safely enough, had not a scruple about the unhealthiness of the situation, in the heart of a wood, made my conscience recoil from the arrangement.
1847, Charlotte Brontë, chapter 27, in Jane Eyre:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unhealthinesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (19)
te అనారోగ్యము (the state of being unhealthy) · de Ungesundheit (the state of being unhealthy) · gv aslaynt (the state of being unhealthy) · gv neuslayntoilid (the state of being unhealthy) · ru вре́дность (the state of being unhealthy) · ca insalubritat (the state of being unhealthy) · ga mífholláine (the state of being unhealthy) · hu egészségtelenség (the state of being unhealthy) · ga easláinte (the state of being unhealthy) · gv meefollanid (the state of being unhealthy) · ro nesănătate (the state of being unhealthy) · pt insalubridade (the state of being unhealthy) · it insalubrità (the state of being unhealthy) · el ανθυγιεινότητα (the state of being unhealthy) · ru боле́зненность (the state of being unhealthy) · es insalubridad (the state of being unhealthy) · ru нездоро́вье (the state of being unhealthy) · fi epäterveellisyys (the state of being unhealthy) · fr insalubrité (the state of being unhealthy)