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INSALUBRIOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does insalubrious mean? 

INSALUBRIOUS (adjective)
  The adjective INSALUBRIOUS has 1 sense:

1. detrimental to healthplay

  Familiarity information: INSALUBRIOUS used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INSALUBRIOUS (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Detrimental to health

Synonyms:

insalubrious; unhealthful; unhealthy

Similar:

unwholesome (detrimental to physical or moral well-being)

Derivation:

insalubriousness; insalubrity (the quality of being insalubrious and debilitating)


 Context examples 


He would have let the house, but could find no tenant, in consequence of its ineligible and insalubrious site.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)



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