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Synonyms
Examples of unwell in a Sentence
Miss Bennett, are you unwell?
I am sorry she is feeling unwell.
Recent Examples on the Web
Tucked beside railroad tracks that course through gnarly woods, the encampment harbors the disenfranchised and distrusting, the addicted and the unwell, the vulnerable and the predatory.
—Photographs Todd Heisler, New York Times, 19 May 2024
The police shoot a mentally unwell man in front of her.
—Clay Risen, New York Times, 4 May 2024
Because my parents have both been unwell and my cat ...
—Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
According to the Japan Sumo Association, Akebono was rushed to hospital after a wrestling match in 2017 and had been unwell ever since.
—Andrew McNicol, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
And how much women have been culturally conditioned into thinking that there is nothing out of the ordinary about feeling unwell.
—Fiorella Valdesolo, Vogue, 4 Apr. 2024
Earlier Friday morning, Russia’s prison agency announced that Navalny felt unwell after a walk and lost consciousness.
—Greg Norman, Fox News, 16 Feb. 2024
The main difference, of course, is that Britney Spears had been under involuntary conservatorship for more than a decade and had been deemed mentally unwell as a legal matter.
—Ginia Bellafante, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
According to Etienne, Williams started feeling unwell around Oct. 21.
—Journal Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of unwell was
in the 15th century
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Cite this Entry
“Unwell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unwell. Accessed 24 May. 2024.
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