Adjective : unwholesome food; unwholesome activities. ,an unwholesome pallor. From Dictionary.com.
He never gave countenance to morbidness, self-pity, or any kind of unwholesomeness in grief. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Friendships of Jesus] Reference
But at the time the collision between her iceberg-bright, wholesome exterior and the rumours of "unwholesomeness" served only to spark her audience's appetite. From Wordnik.com. [Top stories from Times Online]
I knew there was some unwholesomeness in there somewhere. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Lady Agency and the Prince] Reference
I happen to share Sherlock Holmes' prejudice about the unwholesomeness of life outside the cities. From Wordnik.com. [Lance Mannion:] Reference
I've read about propaganda decrying the unholiness or unwholesomeness of others, and how that propaganda has fueled atrocities. From Wordnik.com. [Jeff Dorchen: Holocaust, Shmolocaust - Just Fix the Car, I'll Wait in the Ashtray] Reference
Even Ahlitah, who had a particular taste for marrow, sensed the unwholesomeness of the place and expressed his desire to leave it behind. From Wordnik.com. [A Triumph of Souls]
Was it they that were to entice, into this fine promise of fine living, crookedness of thought, unwholesomeness of feeling -- dishonorable years?. From Wordnik.com. [Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness] Reference
He identified with the public tantrums, all the rude demands, the strokes of unwholesomeness that Bobby consistently delivered, the open show of bitterness when he lost. From Wordnik.com. [Underworld] Reference
I believe anything short of that, any thing that violates that, anything that breaks God's law and violates God's plan leads not to happiness but to unhappiness, not to wholesomeness but to unwholesomeness. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 29, 2004] Reference
Owing to the unwholesomeness of the climate of Fernando Po. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Sir Richard Burton] Reference
One word as to the unwholesomeness of new bread and hot rolls. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Household Management] Reference
The guests complained to Elisha of the unwholesomeness of their food. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume II (Joshua to Esther)] Reference
She feels the unwholesomeness of thus "living by inspiration, and not by reason.". From Wordnik.com. [Essays on Scandinavian Literature] Reference
This however happens too rarely to give a just character of unwholesomeness to such houses. From Wordnik.com. [Notes on the State of Virginia.] Reference
This, however, happens too rarely to give a just character of unwholesomeness to such houses. From Wordnik.com. [The Jeffersonian Cyclopedia] Reference
In the autumn of 1190 he died at the siege of Acre, a victim to the unwholesomeness of the climate. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI] Reference
I've no doubt he liked Ethel's unwholesomeness, just as he had liked the touch of morbidity in Lena. From Wordnik.com. [The Best British Short Stories of 1922] Reference
For social conservatives, Outside is a dangerous place, bloated with unwholesomeness; for libertarians. From Wordnik.com. [Lawyers, Guns and Money] Reference
But do you consider the unwholesomeness of the air and soil, the expenses of reparations and servants?. From Wordnik.com. [History of John Bull] Reference
In this time many of our men fell sick, through the unwholesomeness of the air, and our general among the rest. From Wordnik.com. [A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08] Reference
Owing to the unwholesomeness of the climate of Fernando Po, Mrs. Burton was, of course, unable to accompany him. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Sir Richard Burton]
And something about the sultry unwholesomeness of this girl repelled him, though he was hardly aware that this was so. From Wordnik.com. [Cheerful—By Request] Reference
It was a language he did not understand; and as to the physical unwholesomeness, he simply did not choose to believe it. From Wordnik.com. [Nuttie's Father] Reference
In the present state of her health she often suffered from a morbid appetite and fed on things of incredible unwholesomeness. From Wordnik.com. [The Nether World] Reference
To this I replied that, happily, I could not hear their conversation; and as for the unwholesomeness, it could not be worse than. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Recollections Abridged, Chiefly in Parts Pertaining to Political and Other Controversies Prevalent at the Time in Great Britain] Reference
A critical examination would, in almost every case, develop very serious evidence of neglect, unwholesomeness, and bad neighborhood. From Wordnik.com. [Village Improvements and Farm Villages] Reference
The extreme unwholesomeness of the climate is shown by the pale and livid countenances of the inhabitants, who, during the months of. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe] Reference
Water is a common mercy, which we should estimate by the greatness of the calamity which the want or unwholesomeness of it would be. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume II (Joshua to Esther)] Reference
But beyond this there is in his work no taint of unwholesomeness, unless it be in itself unwholesome to be possessed by one absorbing thought. From Wordnik.com. [Powell's Books: Overview] Reference
French soldiers, too, whom we met at every turn, were red as their trousers, and they seemed to flourish on the imputed unwholesomeness of the atmosphere. From Wordnik.com. [Italian Journeys] Reference
I expostulated as to the brutality of putting a patient who was really ill to such distress and on the unwholesomeness of having slops in the ward all night. From Wordnik.com. [Prisons and Prisoners: Some Personal Experiences] Reference
Its grandeur and populousness in the ixth century are exaggerated beyond the bounds of credibility; but Rei has been since ruined by wars and the unwholesomeness of the air. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4] Reference
It is this search for happiness which is the explanation of all the unwholesomeness that culminated in the Everlasting No. "Because the. From Wordnik.com. [Among Famous Books] Reference
There was the large unwholesomeness of Madam. From Wordnik.com. [The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance] Reference
Eradicating unwholesomeness. From Wordnik.com. [Hurricane] Reference
Fats, 98, 103; in vegetables, 131; unwholesomeness of, 115; value of, 123. From Wordnik.com. [Health on the Farm A Manual of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene] Reference
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