unimprovingadj.
(un- prefix1 4.)
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the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [adjective] > for something
unimproving1747
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [adjective] > harmful or injurious > harmful or pernicious
baleOE
balefulc1175
venomousc1290
contagiousc1440
pestiferous1458
pestilent?a1475
perniciousc1475
pestilential1531
pestilentious1533
plaguey1574
deleterious1630
unedifying1641
perniciable1656
inedifying1659
unimproving1747
insalutary1836
unsalvatory1850
society > morality > moral evil > [adjective] > immoral or unethical > not conducive to moral improvement
unwholesomec1175
unedifying1641
unimproving1747
1747 tr. Mem. Nutrebian Court I. 206 While Gen Haragen was indulged in play, and idle unimproving amusements.
1788 V. Knox Winter Evenings (1790) lii. 378 If the idle were to lay aside such unimproving works.
1823 J. Keble Serm. (1848) iii. 48 It might be no unimproving exercise of self~denial, to men of refined judgments.
1883 Academy 15 Sept. 175/2 Many unimproving anecdotes of his proceedings still linger along the Spanish Main.
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