diseased

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Recent Examples of diseased Then, be sure to throw away any diseased foliage rather than adding it to your compost pile. Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2025 Novels render the sensibility still more diseased. Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025 An Instagram post by the Humane Society of Chittenden County explained that after being rescued from the street, Gumbo underwent medical and dental treatment, where his diseased teeth were removed, followed by foster care. Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025 Significantly diseased leaves should be raked and removed from the area and disposed of properly, such as by burying, burning where allowed, or hot composting, according to UW-Madison. Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for diseased
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Adjective
  • But rivals like former HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra and former California State Controller Betty Yee are already framing her as unfit for office.
    Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Arrived unfit and has recently been injured.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Cheryl Harris Gates, 43, of Charlotte, is also charged with contaminating food or drink to render one mentally incapacitated or physically helpless; stalking; and damage to property.
    Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The injury left him temporarily mentally incapacitated – and the moment was an opportune time for a con artist to swoop in.
    ForbesTV, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Commenting in July 2025 on the ailing performance of the US passport in the index, Richard Quest, CNN Business editor-at-large, noted how travel openness was being affected by the introduction of new restrictions such as ESTAs in the European Union and in the UK.
    Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Valentin Vacherot continued his remarkable run at the Shanghai Masters in uncanny fashion, beating an ailing Novak Djokovic for the biggest and strangest win of his tennis career.
    James Hansen, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Reams of studies have also found that healthy diets are more expensive than unhealthy ones—sometimes as much as doubly so.
    Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Tucker Carlson, the one-time cable news king now moonlighting as a dissident podcaster, has evinced an unhealthy obsession with the Jewish people and the state of Israel.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Only sea stars injected with Vibrio pectenicida, or with material from sick sea stars, showed signs of disease.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The Aquarium’s Rescue and Rehabilitation team also spends several months every year caring for sick and injured green sea turtles at its Sea Turtle Hospital in Quincy, Massachusetts.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • In the book, she's portrayed as someone suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and on anxiety medication, both of which are used to discredit her and paint her as unwell.
    Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Not to undersell the Marty supporting cast — which features Gwyneth Paltrow’s welcome return to real movies after Marvel and Mortdecai, along with a carnival of cameos, each more unwell than the last — but Chalamet seemed to be the show here.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Royal biographer Ingrid Seward also criticized Harry for speaking ill of Kate for financial gain.
    Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 12 Oct. 2025
  • When the family’s nanny falls dangerously ill, Adam orchestrates his way into their London home, and his true nature begins to emerge.
    Claire Franken, TVLine, 11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The Eagles were unsound and undisciplined.
    Zach Berman, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Former President Sall dismissed the audits as technically unsound, but the announcement of nearly a quarter of GDP in unreported debt embarrassed the IMF and World Bank.
    Joël Té-Léssia Assoko, semafor.com, 25 July 2025

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“Diseased.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diseased. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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