akusala == 恶,不善
”unwholesome”, ...
are all those karmic volitions (kamma-cetana^; s. cetana^) and the consciousness and mental concomitants associated therewith, which are accompanied either by greed (lobha) or hate (dosa) or merely delusion (moha); and all these phenomena are causes of unfavourable karma-results and contain the seeds of unhappy destiny or rebirth.
Cf. karma, paticca-samuppa^da (1), Tab. II.