as in illness
the condition of not being in good health
remedied his general unhealthiness with a long-overdue change to a healthy diet and exercise
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Noun
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Art Dlugach, a longtime sports producer for KPIX in San Francisco, died Thursday morning in Texas, surrounded by his family after a brief illness.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026 -
But Trump does not oppose giving voters accommodations to vote by mail for illness, disability, military or travel.—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The symptoms of our darkest cultural sicknesses become visible.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Mar. 2026
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Chee grimaces in pain from his ghost sickness wounds, and Manuelito notices.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Unhealthiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhealthiness. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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