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Unwholesome vs Pernicious - What's the difference?

unwholesome | pernicious | Related terms |

Unwholesome is a related term of pernicious.


As adjectives the difference between unwholesome and pernicious

is that unwholesome is not wholesome; unfavorable to health; insalubrious; unhealthy; as, unwholesome air; unwholesome food while pernicious is causing much harm in a subtle way.

unwholesome

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not wholesome; unfavorable to health; insalubrious; unhealthy; as, unwholesome air; unwholesome food.
  • Not sound; diseased; tainted; impaired; defective.
  • Indicating unsound health; characteristic of or suggesting an unsound condition, physical or mental; repulsive; offensive.

    • Related terms

    * wholesome * unwholesomely * unwholesomeness

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    pernicious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing much harm in a subtle way.
  • * 1911 , ,
    • Puritanism no longer employs the thumbscrew and lash; but it still has a most pernicious hold on the minds and feelings of the American people.
  • Causing death or injury; deadly.

    • Synonyms

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    Related terms

    * pernicious anaemia

    Derived terms

    * perniciousness * perniciously

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