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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Debate about the author’s puzzling malady continues among Austen scholars, with some leaning toward lymphoma and others supporting the more recent lupus hypothesis.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 12 Dec. 2025
Previously, skeptics have argued that China’s regime would be toppled, or its economic growth torpedoed, by a variety of maladies—public backlash in response to repressive COVID-19 policies, for example, or the costs of mitigating environmental devastation.
—Jennifer Lind, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2025
This disease is a deadly neurological malady that can spread among deer, elk, and moose populations though contact with saliva, blood, urine, or feces.
—Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Dec. 2025
But his promising call-up was cut short by an elbow malady that required Tommy John surgery, causing Ryan to miss all of the 2025 campaign.
—Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 12 Dec. 2025
Previously, skeptics have argued that China’s regime would be toppled, or its economic growth torpedoed, by a variety of maladies—public backlash in response to repressive COVID-19 policies, for example, or the costs of mitigating environmental devastation.
—Jennifer Lind, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2025
This disease is a deadly neurological malady that can spread among deer, elk, and moose populations though contact with saliva, blood, urine, or feces.
—Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Dec. 2025
But his promising call-up was cut short by an elbow malady that required Tommy John surgery, causing Ryan to miss all of the 2025 campaign.
—Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
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“Malady.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/malady. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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