unhealthy
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The air pollution index for Malaysia's small eastern town of Serian, Sarawak, showed an "unhealthy" level of 190 on Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
There are plenty of other ways that our culture has disguised unhealthy behaviors, as “Maddie’s Secret” so cunningly stresses.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
That could be unhealthy for democracy, experts said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Said Maung, "All of these effects come together to create this perfect environment for the tissue to be really unhealthy and eventually disappear."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
“If you insist on eating bland, unhealthy food instead of home-cooked yummy meals, then sure.”
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
She said unhealthier options now dominated "our supermarkets, corner shops and fast food outlets".
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
"In our study, we classified avocados as a vegetable and did see an increase in vegetable consumption attributed to the avocado intake, but also participants used the avocados to replace some unhealthier options."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 22, 2024
In addition, late-night eating is typically associated with unhealthier food intake – such as processed snacks – and could cause more fragmented sleep.
From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2024
Mohiuddin says he’s concerned that overtampering with the pig genome could lead to unhealthier pigs and lower-performing donor kidneys.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 11, 2023
You say, we are likely to grow weaklier, unhealthier.
From Sanitary and Social Lectures, etc by Charles Kingsley
Several factors have led to this remarkable change, which has helped turn the U.S. into one of the unhealthiest countries among the world’s advanced economies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2025
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks topped the list of national parks with the unhealthiest air in the country, followed by Joshua Tree National Park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
The Bronx has a high rate of premature deaths and ranks as the unhealthiest county in New York.
From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2024
Football fans have outlandish expectations and if they are not met then their criticisms are vitriolic in the most crudest and unhealthiest manner possible.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2022
On May 4th, we relieved the 6th Battalion in the right or "Route A Keep" sub-sector, undoubtedly the unhealthiest part of the whole Divisional front.
From The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion by W. C. C. Weetman
