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Insalutary

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Meaning

Not salutary or wholesome; bad for the health..

Definitions by Sense

  1. Not salutary or wholesome; bad for the health.
  2. unsafe or bringing about evil.

Example Sentences

What Mr. Spencer claims, and what is claimed in behalf of scientific philanthropy, is simply to regulate, by healthy and moral modes, the increase of the improvident on the means of subsistence; and this the true philanthropist will do by teaching the laws of health, by right physical education, and by wise sanitary measures. So insalutary are the conditions of the environment of the poor in the cities, that only by fitting themselves to unfavorable conditions is life worth living.
insalutary thoughts
insalutary influences
How is the monk a Learned One? He has learned what are all these evil and insalutary things

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What does insalutary mean?

Insalutary means Not salutary or wholesome; bad for the health..

What is a synonym for insalutary?

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How do you use insalutary in a sentence?

What Mr. Spencer claims, and what is claimed in behalf of scientific philanthropy, is simply to regulate, by healthy and moral modes, the increase of the improvident on the means of subsistence; and this the true philanthropist will do by teaching the laws of health, by right physical education, and by wise sanitary measures. So insalutary are the conditions of the environment of the poor in the cities, that only by fitting themselves to unfavorable conditions is life worth living.

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