How to Use ill afford in a Sentence

ill afford

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• Jakobs can ill afford risking a disaster like this one again.
  — Byphil Wahba, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024
• Greeks know the country can ill afford to lose a second summer tourism season in a row.
  — Apostolis Fotiadis, WSJ, 31 May 2021
• And of course, while small owners like me can ill afford the damages, the big landlords have even more to lose.
  — Liza Featherstone, The New Republic, 4 Oct. 2023
• The Browns can ill afford to be without their Pro Bowl mauler at right guard.
  — cleveland, 17 Oct. 2022
• At such a fraught time, ByteDance can ill afford a high-profile mistake.
  — Casey Newton, The Verge, 4 Jan. 2023
• Of all the players the Ravens can ill afford to lose, Campbell is near the top of the list.
  — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 18 Nov. 2021
• The financial cost will run into the billions, in a country that can ill afford to pay.
  — The Economist, 5 Aug. 2020
• And so, there appears to be something of a standstill at a time when the industry can ill afford it.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 25 Apr. 2023
• With a brutal schedule, this was a game Baltimore could ill afford to drop.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com, 7 Nov. 2021
• But even as hiring slows down, businesses can ill afford for a hiring freeze to turn into a talent freeze.
  — René Janssen, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
• The Aztecs can ill afford stumbling against a winless opponent.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2023
• The Browns will also play a lot of three-safety looks this season, and can ill afford to be without one of their top two.
  — Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 7 Sep. 2023
• Even people who loathe asking for a raise can ill afford not to amid the highest inflation many have seen in their working lives.
  — Ray A. Smith, WSJ, 7 Apr. 2022
• Even so, the Biden administration can ill afford to ignore any of them.
  — Ivo Daalder, Star Tribune, 25 Nov. 2020
• The penalty stood out as a momentum stopper that Michigan could ill afford.
  — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 9 Nov. 2020
• Like Trubisky, Robinson is slated to be a free agent, and the Bears can ill afford to lose him.
  — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 28 Dec. 2020
• Many schools are still in need of substitute teachers and bus drivers, and can ill afford an outbreak that would send even more staff members home.
  — New York Times, 21 Dec. 2021
• The Steelers can ill afford the kind of breakdowns that nearly cost them a division title.
  — CBS News, 6 Jan. 2026
• Modi can ill afford to take India to the point of no return and a full-scale armed conflict with China.
  — Praveen Donthi, Foreign Affairs, 4 June 2024
• The Bucks, who had taken Philadelphia to the brink in that series, could ill afford the loss.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2023
• With only three teams qualifying for Europe, Chelsea can ill afford to drop points.
  — Cerys Jones, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
• Republicans hold a slim four-seat majority in the House and can ill afford to lose any members.
  — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 17 May 2023
• However, the White Sox shaky defense can ill afford mental errors.
  — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 1 July 2022
• Democrats can ill afford to put resources into states that will not pay dividends in the next presidential election -- and beyond.
  — Abhi Rahman, CNN, 5 May 2022
• Short of a miracle, the truck will remain a striking, high-profile disaster at a time when Tesla could ill afford it.
  — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2025
• The country can ill afford a repeat of widespread shutdowns that happened before the vaccines were developed.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2021
• Since then, the cost of the vaccine for uninsured people has not been paid for by the government, but has been passed on to individuals, and many can ill afford it.
  — Judy Stone, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
• Losing Garcia for any length of time would further stagger an Astros pitching staff that can ill afford any more attrition.
  — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
• For a team with designs on October glory, the Giants can ill afford to lose a player of Bryant’s status.
  — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Aug. 2021
• Already in something of a limbo state as the deal gets resolved, the company could ill afford to lose carriage on a major pay-TV provider.
  — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2025