unhealthfulnessn.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈhɛlθf(ᵿ)lnəs/, U.S. /ˌənˈhɛlθfəlnəs/ Unhealthiness:
a. Of persons.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun]
unhealc700
untrumnessc897
adleeOE
sicknessc967
cothec1000
unhealthc1000
woe?a1200
ail?c1225
lying?c1225
maladyc1275
unsoundc1275
feebless1297
languora1375
languishc1384
disease1393
aegritudea1400
lamea1400
maleasea1400
soughta1400
wilc1400
malefaction?a1425
firmityc1426
unwholesomenessc1449
ill1450
languenta1500
distemperancea1535
the valley of the shadow of death1535
affect?1537
affection?1541
distemperature1541
inability1547
sickliness1565
languishment1576
cause1578
unhealthfulness1589
crazedness1593
languorment1593
evilness1599
strickenness1599
craziness1602
distemper1604
unsoundness1605
invaletude1623
unhealthiness1634
achaque1647
unwellness1653
disailment1657
insalubrity1668
faintiness1683
queerness1687
invalidity1690
illness1692
ill health1698
ailment1708
illing1719
invalescence1724
peakingness1727
sickishness1727
valetudinariness1742
ailingness1776
brash1786
invalidism1794
poorliness1814
diseasement1826
invalidship1830
valetudinarianism1839
ailing1862
invalidhood1863
megrims1870
pourriture1890
immersement1903
bug1918
condition1920
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. viii. 13 Horace..was thought meete..to be Secretarie of estate..which neuerthelesse he refused for his vnhealthfulnesse sake.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Indisposition,..vnhealthfulnesse.
a1675 B. Whitelocke Memorials Eng. Affairs (1682) anno 1648 372/2 Which occasioned Sir Thomas Widdrington to stand up, and excuse himself very earnestly, because of his unhealthfulness.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Sickliness, Unhealthfulness.
b. Of places, climate, etc.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > insalubrity > [noun]
infirmity1481
unwholesomenessa1513
contagiousness1530
evilness1563
malignity1585
unhealthfulness1598
untemperaturea1604
unhealthsomeness1613
healthlessness1655
unsoundness1660
insalubrity1663
unhealthiness1666
unsalubrity1694
malignancy1732
pestilentiousness1748
mal-influence1792
insanitariness1881
insanitation1884
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Insalubrita, vnhealthfulnes.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §786 (margin) Experiment Solitary, touching the Healthfulnesse or Vnhealthfulnesse of the Southern wind.
1677 in Miscellanea Curiosa (Royal Soc.) (1708) III. 246 The Town lying in a bottom,..the Air may be infected, and contribute to its unhealthfulness.
1757 J. H. Grose Voy. E.-Indies vii. 48 Bombay, in fact, had long born an infamous character for unhealthfulness.
1802 Naval Chron. 8 147 The unhealthfulness of Madagascar.
1897 J. Bryce Impressions S. Afr. 2 Its unhealthfulness is a factor of prime importance.
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