as in poisonous
bad for the well-being of the body
after inhaling the insalubrious city smog for a month, I was happy to once again breathe in the fresh air of the country
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All of this played out against an increasingly poisonous political environment.
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Sago palm, oleander, foxglove, azaleas and lily of the valley are all common and all poisonous.
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From downtown Los Angeles to the San Gabriel Valley, tens of thousands were enveloped in unhealthful levels of smoke, even as some local officials told residents that the air posed no danger.
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The soil may contain pathogens, pesticides and other unhealthful things.
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Decomposing food can release hydrogen sulfide, a toxic gas synonymous with landfills and garbage.
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Low employee morale often grows from ongoing negative interactions and toxic workplace cultures.
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Their jail is strange and unwholesome.
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Grievous bodily harm, nonconsensual drugging, murder, yes…still, thank god there’s nothing unwholesome here, like say a man in a dress.
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Lineage hired contractors who are measuring this noxious gas and other pollution.
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But the real pleasure is the 303 basslines that squirm in between the drums, coating the soundscapes of the tracks in grime and noxious soot.
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Work took place in the spring and early summer and the pool was refilled in June, but an algae bloom returned just days later, turning the pool a sickly green color.
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In the heyday of her career, her choppy hair, flat chest, sickly pallor and large darting eyes were a manic pixie dream.
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After more than a decade as a reviewer, Jason Bennett has an unhealthy love for rogue-like survival games and terrible puns.
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Air quality in the Marysvale area is expected to reach unhealthy levels by the afternoon and evening.
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Employees were observed to only sanitize their gloved hands after touching insanitary surfaces and then resumed touching RTE food and various food contact surfaces.
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The company admitted that by January 2021 some employees were aware that the insanitary conditions were causing products to become contaminated.
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“Insalubrious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insalubrious. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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