insalubrious
adjective
[ ˌɪnsəˈluːbrɪəs ]
• (of a place) seedy and run-down; unwholesome.
• "a poor area full of insalubrious hotels"
Similar:
seedy,
unsavoury,
sordid,
seamy,
sleazy,
unpleasant,
dingy,
mean,
wretched,
dismal,
slummy,
slumlike,
squalid,
shabby,
ramshackle,
tumbledown,
run down,
down at heel,
dilapidated,
neglected,
uncared-for,
unmaintained,
crumbling,
decaying,
gone to rack and ruin,
scruffy,
scuzzy,
crummy,
grungy,
shambly,
grotty,
shacky,
skanky,
Origin:
mid 17th century: from Latin insalubris (from in- ‘not’ + salubris ‘salubrious’) + -ous.
