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unhealthier

unhealthier is the comparative form of unhealthy.

Meaning of unhealthy

Adjective

unhealthy (comparative unhealthier or more unhealthy, superlative unhealthiest or most unhealthy)

  1. Characterized by, or conducive to poor health.
    • The villagers lived in unhealthy surroundings.
    Synonyms:
    unwholesome
  2. Sick or ill.
    • He was an unhealthy child.
  3. Tending to corrupt.
    • He liked unhealthy reading material.
  4. Characterized by disturbed mental health.
    • He had an unhealthy interest in fire.

Questions about unhealthier

What is unhealthier the comparative form of?
Unhealthier is the comparative form of unhealthy.

Words near unhealthier in the dictionary

  1. unheals
  2. unhealth
  3. unhealthful
  4. unhealthfully
  5. unhealthfulness
  6. unhealthier
  7. unhealthiest
  8. unhealthily
  9. unhealthiness
  10. unhealthinesses
  11. unhealths

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unhealthier (page history and authors); unhealthy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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