as in sick
temporarily suffering from a disorder of the body
she missed work because she was unwell
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Recent Examples of unwell
Earlier this month, Minnesota Democratic Senator Tina Smith was hospitalized after feeling unwell and being evaluated by a Capitol physician, her office said.
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Sonam Sheth
amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
She had been given the day off from school due to feeling unwell and from lack of sleep from the air raid sirens that had gone off earlier that night.
—Literary Hub, 24 July 2025
Friday’s Wimbledon semifinal between Carlos Alcaraz and Taylor Fritz saw two stoppages in the eighth game of the second set, due to spectators feeling unwell on Centre Court.
—Leon Imber, New York Times, 11 July 2025
The temperature hit 88 degrees Fahrenheit in the first set, which was delayed twice because spectators in the lower level — with no shade — felt unwell.
—Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2025
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Sonam Sheth
amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
She had been given the day off from school due to feeling unwell and from lack of sleep from the air raid sirens that had gone off earlier that night.
—Literary Hub, 24 July 2025
Friday’s Wimbledon semifinal between Carlos Alcaraz and Taylor Fritz saw two stoppages in the eighth game of the second set, due to spectators feeling unwell on Centre Court.
—Leon Imber, New York Times, 11 July 2025
The temperature hit 88 degrees Fahrenheit in the first set, which was delayed twice because spectators in the lower level — with no shade — felt unwell.
—Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unwell
Adjective
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Prater has a sick fascination with serial killers, collecting their trophies and even inviting the most notorious of them to gatherings at his mansion.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The nerve-rattling new A24 drama from writer-director Mary Bronstein, in theaters Oct. 10, stars Byrne, 46, as Linda — a therapist with mental health struggles, a wife to an absent husband and mother to their sick daughter.—
Jack Smart,
People.com,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The researchers and their partners are also working to track local residents’ health and to measure how well or poorly interventions like masks and household air filters protected them.—
Maggie Astor,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Both the United States and the United Nations have stepped back from leadership roles, a reflection of how poorly interventions in Haiti have gone and also the wide range of issues in other parts of the world at the moment.—
Adam Taylor,
Washington Post,
7 Mar. 2024
Adjective
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The children became ill after eating gummies laced with THC, a compound found in cannabis that is known for causing a high or euphoric effect.—
Alexandra Koch , Jennifer Johnson,
FOXNews.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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About 1 in 5 people with this infection die, sometimes within a day or two of becoming ill.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The user revolt got so bad that OpenAI brought back the previous GPT-4o model as an option in an attempt to calm things down.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
15 Aug. 2025
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Not bad for a company built on the back of a $40 plastic-cased watch!—
Oren Hartov,
Robb Report,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Unwell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unwell. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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