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Salutary vs Insalutary - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between salutary and insalutary

is that salutary is effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice while insalutary is not salutary or wholesome; bad for health.

salutary

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice.
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    • We do it here historically, and I think it's, um, very salutary to know quite a bit about the history of ideas, particularly in philosophy which always suffers from a tendency to follow the latest fashion.
  • Promoting good health and physical well-being; wholesome; curative.

    • Synonyms

    * (l)

    Derived terms

    * salutarily * salutariness

    Related terms

    * salubrious * salutation * salute

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    insalutary

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not salutary or wholesome; bad for health.
  • Not tending to safety; productive of evil.
    • (Webster 1913)