adj.

1. Injurious to physical, mental, or moral health; unhealthy.
2. Suggestive of disease or degeneracy: an unwholesome pallor.
3. Offensive or loathsome.

unwholesomely un·whole'some·ly adv.
unwholesomeness un·whole'some·ness n.

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adjective

1. Not sustaining or promoting health: insalubrious, unhealthy, unsalutary. See health/sickness.
2. Morally detrimental: contaminative, corruptive, demoralizing, unhealthy. See right/wrong.
3. Susceptible to or marked by preoccupation with unwholesome matters: macabre, morbid, sick, unhealthy. See good/bad.
4. Extremely unpleasant to the senses or feelings: atrocious, disgusting, foul, horrid, nasty, nauseating, offensive, repellent, repulsive, revolting, sickening, ugly, vile. See like/dislike, pain/pleasure.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: detrimental to physical or moral well-being
  Antonym: wholesome (meaning #1)

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ugavnlig, usund

Nederlands (Dutch)
ongezond, verdorven

Français (French)
adj. - malsain

Deutsch (German)
adj. - ungesund

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ανθυγιεινός, νοσηρός

Italiano (Italian)
insalubre

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - insalubre, pernicioso, doentio

Русский (Russian)
неполезный (для здоровья), вредный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - malsano, insalubre, inmoral, dañino

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ohälsosam, osund, skadlig, dålig

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
不适合健康的, 腐败的, 有害身体的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 不適合健康的, 腐敗的, 有害身體的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 몸에 나쁜, 병적인, 이롭지 않은

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 不健全な, 不健康そうな, 病的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ضار بالصحه, مؤذ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לא בריא, לא מועיל לבריאות, לא נראה טוב‬

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