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unˈhealthfulness
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Unhealthiness: a. Of persons.
1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie i. viii. (Arb.) 33 Horace..was thought meete..to be Secretarie of estate,..which neuerthelesse he refused for his vnhealthfulnesse sake. 1611Cotgr., Indisposition,..vnhealthfulnesse. a1676Whitelocke Memorials (1732) 378 Which occasioned sir Thomas Widdrington to..excuse himself..because of his unhealthfulness. 1727Bailey (vol. II), Sickliness, Unhealthfulness.
b. Of places, climate, etc.
1598Florio, Insalubrita, vnhealthfulnes. 1626Bacon Sylva §786 margin, Experiment Solitary, touching the Healthfulnesse or Vnhealthfulnesse of the Southern wind. 1677in Misc. Cur. (1708) III. 246 The Town lying in a bottom,..the Air may be infected, and contribute to its unhealthfulness. 1757J. H. Grose Voy. E. Indies 48 Bombay, in fact, had long born an infamous character for unhealthfulness. 1802Naval Chron. VIII. 147 The unhealthfulness of Madagascar. 1897Bryce Impress. S. Africa 2 Its unhealthfulness is a factor of prime importance. |