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
The first sign of the disease is usually a fever, followed by a sore throat and a general feeling of being unwell.
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Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
No one wants to pressurise a woman who is unwell into doing something which could well make matters worse.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
Raducanu, who has been feeling unwell for the past week, and had to retire ill from her match against Ann Li at the Wuhan Open last Tuesday.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
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
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Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
No one wants to pressurise a woman who is unwell into doing something which could well make matters worse.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
Raducanu, who has been feeling unwell for the past week, and had to retire ill from her match against Ann Li at the Wuhan Open last Tuesday.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unwell
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Raimondo Orsi had already gone back to Argentina to look after his sick mother, and Luis Monti had retired.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Air traffic controllers tasked with managing aircraft movements on runways and in the skies are working without pay during the shutdown, leading to more controllers calling in sick and triggering short staff warnings from the FAA.—
Alysa Guffey,
IndyStar,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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This involves having a poorly or non-functioning colon and is not usually reversible.—
Dr. John De Jong,
Boston Herald,
17 Aug. 2025
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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
Adjective
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All bode ill for the 2026 midterms.—
Paul Bedard,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Nov. 2025
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Continue reading … MYSTERY THREAT – Military personnel fall ill at presidential aircraft base after opening package.—
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FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Iran is facing its worst drought in decades, raising fears of evacuations in Tehran while threatening the regime’s stability and nuclear ambitions, according to a leading environmental expert.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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Keeping bad things out of my body.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Unwell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unwell. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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