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as in poisonous
bad for the well-being of the body we knew that the junk food at the carnival was unhealthy, but it tasted so good!

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Recent Examples of unhealthy The growing interest in infant-like traits has led to the mass breeding of unhealthy breeds. Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 22 May 2025 Ozone Action Alert is when the AQI is Code Red, which signals that prolonged outdoor exertion is unhealthy for everyone. Harley Walls, Arkansas Online, 16 May 2025 Colorado public health officials issued an ozone action day alert for the Denver metro and Front Range on Tuesday, with ozone concentrations expected to rise to levels that are unhealthy for some groups of people. Katie Langford, Denver Post, 13 May 2025 When air is stagnant, pollutants don't get dispersed, allowing ozone to build up to unhealthy levels. Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for unhealthy
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Adjective
  • The attack, which only killed the bomber but could have been much worse, is an act worthy of perhaps the dumbest and most poisonous ideology on the planet right now.
    Rich Lowry, National Review, 19 May 2025
  • From such small radioactive acorns do poisonous oaks grow.
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
Adjective
  • Cruise’s wing-walking sequence was somehow even more dangerous.
    Tyler Foggatt, New Yorker, 24 May 2025
  • Even ejecting from the aircraft can be dangerous and traumatic.
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 24 May 2025
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  • This is a vital step not just for those currently facing a terminal diagnosis, but for the many Californians who aren’t sick now but may be someday.
    Christie Golemb, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2025
  • Parents might use those days to stay home with a sick child, while others might use a non-work day to help a family member in need or take a pet to the vet.
    Lieke ten Brummelhuis, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
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  • From start to finish, Magic Mike XXL is an absolute joy—a film that boldly rejects toxic masculinity, that isn’t driven by rivalries or alpha dynamics or cynicism, that features men who build each other up, who cry together, who admit fears, who help each other accomplish their goals.
    Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
  • For more than 100 years, trash, toxic materials, and sewage from failing treatment plants on both sides of the border have fouled the river.
    Joe Mathews, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
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  • The cities with some of the highest rates of poverty and the most people of color have borne the burden of the state’s hazardous waste facilities.
    Sarah McCoy, Hartford Courant, 18 May 2025
  • The warning is issued to notify fire officials of potentially hazardous weather conditions expected within the next 12 to 24 hours.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 May 2025
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  • Glorifying motherhood, meanwhile, in practical terms, may only make mothers’ daily lives worse.
    Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 23 May 2025
  • If Americans were working longer to stave off poverty, then a rising retirement age would be a bad thing, said Andrew Biggs, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 23 May 2025
Adjective
  • The unhealthful effects of autocracy remain robust even when accounting for economic differences and when excluding Venezuela and its collapsing health-care system.
    Thomas J. Bollyky, Foreign Affairs, 30 Jan. 2020
  • However, communities in the San Gabriel and San Bernardino mountains were still experiencing unhealthful air quality, according to the air district.
    Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2024
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  • However, with most flights now offering antibacterial wipes and long-haul routes undergoing more extensive cleaning, the routine is arguably not much riskier than applying makeup at home.
    Isabelle Rodney, CNN Money, 20 May 2025
  • However, bringing a drug to market is not only very expensive with a very lengthy payoff period, the business is also very risky.
    John C. Goodman, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025

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“Unhealthy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhealthy. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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