sickishness

noun

Definition of sickishnessnext
as in malaise

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  1. malaise
  2. illness
  3. disease
  4. unsoundness
  5. sickness
  6. dysfunction
  7. upset
  8. disorder
Noun
  • Burnout is a workplace malaise, and employers can play an important role in the recovery journey.
    Dr. Talia Varley, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Too much time for injuries, trades, general malaise.
    Joe Vardon, The Athletic, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of malaise
Noun
  • Mother cats may reject their kittens for several reasons, including illness and deformity.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Ten of 12 initial samples from victims came back positive for malaria, suggesting that patients may have been suffering from multiple illnesses at once, Ghebreyesus said.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of illness
Noun
  • The diet has been linked to a lower risk of cardiovascular disease and related conditions like obesity, high cholesterol and hypertension.
    Randi Richardson, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Multiple clinical trials are also underway to determine what other diseases GLP-1 drugs may potentially protect against.
    Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of disease
Noun
  • In looking back at the history of Emtech, the colt who suffered a catastrophic breakdown in Saturday’s eighth race, it was discovered that he was once placed on the Veterinarian’s List because of unsoundness.
    John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes near the Oroville Dam, because of the threat of imminent flooding due to structural unsoundness.
    Mercury News Readers, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2017
Definition of unsoundness
Noun
  • Two Science-Backed Supplements for Immune Health The goal of using immune-boosting supplements is to strengthen your body’s ability to fight off an infection rather than avoid sickness altogether.
    Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The symptom of Marga’s emotional sickness is alcohol, but Blanca’s is Marga herself.
    Callum McLennan, Variety, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of sickness
Noun
  • Perhaps the greatest display of this team’s dysfunction was firing Eberflus two hours after sending him out to do a press conference.
    Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Those symptoms can be warning signs of specific types of cognitive dysfunction, like Lewy body and Parkinson’s dementia (which some but not all people with Parkinson’s disease can develop).
    Jessie Van Amburg, SELF, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of dysfunction
Noun
  • However, there were no upsets on this day: Waters cruised to a 9,4 win for the title.
    Todd Boss, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Ohio State and Miami tumble in College Football Playoff rankings After suffering shocking upsets to unranked opponents on Saturday, Ohio State and Miami dropped in the penultimate CFB rankings ahead of conference championship week.
    Andrew Torgan, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of upset
Noun
  • The main problem was the incumbency disadvantage, exacerbated by inflation—and immigration, and also urban disorder, wokeness, and trans swimmers.
    Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Most of them are B-movie actors who go Goo Mode for one reason or another — falling into radioactive protoplasm, a pituitary gland disorder, a The Substance situation, the list goes on.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of disorder
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