as in sick
temporarily suffering from a disorder of the body
she missed work because she was unwell
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Recent Examples of unwell
Getting such little sleep and feeling chronically unwell affects not only your work and your social life, but your personal life too.
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Sarah Lepsy, Flow Space, 23 July 2025
Kwok, who was said to be mentally unwell, went on a walk, leaving her home around 3 a.m. which was a normal routine for her, Kwok’s brother said.
—Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 19 July 2025
When Steve Jobs appeared visibly unwell at public events, Apple shares dipped.
—Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
The two incidents are not the first instances of spectators being taken unwell in the stands at this year’s Wimbledon championships.
—Leon Imber, New York Times, 10 July 2025
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Sarah Lepsy, Flow Space, 23 July 2025
Kwok, who was said to be mentally unwell, went on a walk, leaving her home around 3 a.m. which was a normal routine for her, Kwok’s brother said.
—Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 19 July 2025
When Steve Jobs appeared visibly unwell at public events, Apple shares dipped.
—Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
The two incidents are not the first instances of spectators being taken unwell in the stands at this year’s Wimbledon championships.
—Leon Imber, New York Times, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unwell
Adjective
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About 1 out of every 10 people who get sick with Legionnaires' disease may die because of complications from the illness.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
22 Aug. 2025
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In Texas’s outbreak, which began in January in a largely unvaccinated population in Gaines County in West Texas, at least 762 people became sick, including the two children who died.—
Lauren J. Young,
Scientific American,
21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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This involves having a poorly or non-functioning colon and is not usually reversible.—
Dr. John De Jong,
Boston Herald,
17 Aug. 2025
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The researchers and their partners are also working to track local residents’ health and to measure how well or poorly interventions like masks and household air filters protected them.—
Maggie Astor,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Preliminary information indicates the patient was water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks days prior to becoming ill.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
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Princess Diana famously made regular ward visits, sitting on children's beds, holding hands and providing physical comfort at a time when many feared contact with seriously ill patients.—
Dakota Bennett,
ABC News,
27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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In reality, the first scenario does not exist and the guarantees that would underpin the second are impossible to give, meaning sanctioning a sale at this stage in the window, at any price, would represent a sporting gamble that could be risky at best, reckless at worst.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
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The Tony Award-winning actor/activist on President Trump’s effort to change how US history — particularly how bad slavery was — is portrayed at the Smithsonian.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Unwell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unwell. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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