malady

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mal·a·dy | \ ˈma-lə-dē

plural maladies

Definition of malady

1 : a disease or disorder of the animal body told by his physicians that he had a fatal malady— Willa Cather

2 : an unwholesome or disordered condition poverty, homelessness, and other social maladies

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Examples of malady in a Sentence

in the olden days people were always suffering from some unknown malady

Recent Examples on the Web For those investigating the mysterious malady, that’s a real problem. — Erin Prater, Fortune, 4 June 2022 Another way to predict which way my patient may be headed is to look at another patient with the same malady, but who is a little further along in their disease course. — Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, 12 May 2022 Not a poor choice of words but a much better nonmedical malady than what had been hanging over the event for a couple of years due to the pandemic. — Jevon Phillips, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2022 For Noé, medical care is a sign not so much of individual ill health but of a society-wide malady—of clinging to life for the sake of time rather than quality, of living more rather than living well. — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2022 Entwined today with Covid is the age-old mental malady called cabin fever. — The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022 The former Auburn standout played in only one game during the 2020 season because of a back injury and missed 11 regular-season and three playoff games in the 2021 campaign with the same malady. — Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 29 Mar. 2022 Mental illness is a complex malady, not something to fan-theorize over. — Darren Franich, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2022 Weerasethakul develops a new choreography for the dance of love, the malady of love. — The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2022 See More

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