unhealthiness
State of illness
Unhealthiness is the quality of being unhealthy—harmful to physical or mental well-being.
The word applies to conditions, habits, environments, or relationships: the unhealthiness of processed foods, the unhealthiness of their marriage.
It can describe both causes and symptoms of poor health.
State of poor health
- sicknessBodily disorder or disease
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- chronicPersisting over time
- acuteIntensely severe or perceptive
syndrome · diagnosis · inflammation · debilitating · incurable · ailment · disorder · affliction
Weariness from prolonged exertion
- lethargyAbnormal drowsiness and apathy
- weaknessDeficiency in force
- sluggishnessState of slow movement
- listlessnessAbsence of energy, enthusiasm
weariness · discomfort · languor · indisposition · torpor · pallor · frailty · feebleness
Characterized by much sitting
- obesityExcess body fat condition
- malnutritionDisease from dietary inadequacy
- overweightExceeding healthy mass
- junk foodLow-nutrition processed snacks
smoking · alcoholism · inactivity · overeating · processed foods · sugar · salt · cholesterol
Introduction of impurities
- pollutionEnvironmental harm from waste
- hazardousLikely to cause injury
- carcinogenicCauses cancer
- noxiousHarmful, especially when inhaled
poisonous · harmful · pesticides · pollutants · chemicals · additives · preservatives · lead
illness
State of poor health
- sicknessBodily disorder or disease
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- chronicPersisting over time
acute · syndrome · diagnosis · inflammation · debilitating · incurable · ailment · disorder · affliction · pathology
fatigue
Weariness from prolonged exertion
- lethargyAbnormal drowsiness and apathy
- weaknessDeficiency in force
- sluggishnessState of slow movement
listlessness · weariness · discomfort · languor · indisposition · torpor · pallor · frailty · feebleness · enervation
sedentary
Characterized by much sitting
- obesityExcess body fat condition
- malnutritionDisease from dietary inadequacy
- overweightExceeding healthy mass
junk food · smoking · alcoholism · inactivity · overeating · processed foods · sugar · salt · cholesterol · saturated fat
contamination
Introduction of impurities
- pollutionEnvironmental harm from waste
- hazardousLikely to cause injury
- carcinogenicCauses cancer
noxious · poisonous · harmful · pesticides · pollutants · chemicals · additives · preservatives · lead · mercury
unhealthinesshealthiness
State of being well
health · fitness · soundness · vigor · vigorousness
unhealthinesswholesomeness
Quality of being good
healthfulness · salubriousness · salubrity · nutritiousness · purity
unhealthinesswellness
Overall state of health
well-being · welfare · wholeness · weal · flourishing
health, healthy, unhealthy, healthful, healthier, healthily, healthiest, healthiness, unhealthiest