adjective
- not wholesome; unhealthful; deleterious to health or physical or moral well-being: unwholesome food; unwholesome activities.
- not sound in health; unhealthy, especially in appearance; suggestive of disease: an unwholesome pallor.
adjective
- detrimental to physical or mental healthan unwholesome climate
- morally harmful or depravedunwholesome practices
- indicative of illness, esp in appearance
- (esp of food) of inferior quality
adj.c.1200, from un- (1) “not” + wholesome. Cf. Flemish onheylsaem, German unheilsam, Old Norse uheilsamr.