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
In 2023, a LATAM pilot left the flight deck unwell during a service between Miami and Chile.
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Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 9 Oct. 2024
Anyone who even hints at canceling the greatest rivalry in college sports is either being misquoted or is unwell and should be hospitalized.
—Stewart Mandel, The Athletic, 7 Aug. 2024
What begins as a calm and somewhat slow dissection of a characterless woman, quickly turns into a complete mental unraveling, a masterpiece in capturing the nightmare chamber that is an unwell woman with unchecked emotional traumas.
—B.j. Colangelo, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024
If a user shares private information, such as feeling unwell, should that information be passed on to a caregiver or doctor?
—Dor Skuler, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 9 Oct. 2024
Anyone who even hints at canceling the greatest rivalry in college sports is either being misquoted or is unwell and should be hospitalized.
—Stewart Mandel, The Athletic, 7 Aug. 2024
What begins as a calm and somewhat slow dissection of a characterless woman, quickly turns into a complete mental unraveling, a masterpiece in capturing the nightmare chamber that is an unwell woman with unchecked emotional traumas.
—B.j. Colangelo, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024
If a user shares private information, such as feeling unwell, should that information be passed on to a caregiver or doctor?
—Dor Skuler, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unwell
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By Weiland’s estimates, up to 300,000 people in the U.S. are currently getting sick with COVID-19 each day, compared to around 1 million cases per day around this time in recent years.Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
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But then Carey got sick with the flu, and was forced to cancel the first show of her 2024 Christmas Time tour.Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
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Both the United States and the United Nations have stepped back from leadership roles, a reflection of how poorly interventions in Haiti have gone and also the wide range of issues in other parts of the world at the moment.Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
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Story will be a free agent and at this stage why would an accomplished player stay with the poorly run Rockies?BostonGlobe.com, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2021
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Producer, composer and songwriter David Foster advocates for a higher purpose: to support the families of critically ill children and highlight the call for organ donors.Kathy A. McDonald, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024
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In 2023 and 2024, more than 100 people fell ill from salmonella linked to raw milk from Raw Farm, the same California company now at the center of raw milk recalls for bird flu.Rick Barrett, Journal Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2024
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If anything, the living conditions seemed to get worse.Chris Quintana, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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While working as an advocate for victims of domestic violence herself, she was attacked by someone else’s abuser and her symptoms got worse, particularly trouble with her balance.Marina Kopf, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Unwell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unwell. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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