plural maladies
1
: a disease or disorder of the animal body
told by his physicians that he had a fatal malady—
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: an unwholesome or disordered condition
poverty, homelessness, and other social maladies
Examples of malady in a Sentence
in the olden days people were always suffering from some unknown malady
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Other disconcerting maladies included non-operable windshield wipers and a flickering water-temperature gauge.
—Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, the outside world has no means to poke into the AI to ferret out those maladies.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
This risk is hardly worth it, considering the thin evidence for misinformation’s role in our contemporary maladies.
—Jacob Hale Russell, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
Many online blamed Bishop, who’d long preached that nearly any malady could be healed naturally, without pharmaceuticals.
—David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2025
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Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, the outside world has no means to poke into the AI to ferret out those maladies.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
This risk is hardly worth it, considering the thin evidence for misinformation’s role in our contemporary maladies.
—Jacob Hale Russell, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
Many online blamed Bishop, who’d long preached that nearly any malady could be healed naturally, without pharmaceuticals.
—David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for malady
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“Malady.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/malady. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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