unsalutaryadj.
(un- prefix1 1.)
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [adjective] > not beneficial
unhale1483
unbeneficial1626
unsaving1628
ungenial1726
unblessing1769
unsalutary1770
1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives V. 219 His unpeaceable and unsalutary conduct.
1778 S. Whatley England's Gazetteer (ed. 2) at Norfolk The air..is aguish, and otherwise unsalutary.
1840 Forster Treat. Pop. Progr. Eng. Hist. p. xlviii It is fearful, but not unsalutary, to cast a parting glance at it.
1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. I. 544/2 [Ld. Peterborough] It is just..to shake a salutary fear into..stupid despots, when they shake an unsalutary one into thousands.
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