Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being unwell or indisposed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Quality or state of being unwell.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state or characteristic of being
unwell ; a feeling of slight to moderatesickliness .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
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Examples
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In my opinion, we have not admitted, let alone addressed, our emotional unwellness in this decade following 9/11.
Dr. Cheryl Pappas: In the Shadow of 9/11: Ten Years Later in America Dr. Cheryl Pappas 2011
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But it's probably revelatory of my deep psychological unwellness or something.
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In my opinion, we have not admitted, let alone addressed, our emotional unwellness in this decade following 9/11.
Dr. Cheryl Pappas: In the Shadow of 9/11: Ten Years Later in America Dr. Cheryl Pappas 2011
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The idea of heat as a feature of and metaphor for unwellness, both individual and social, was associated with more than witchcraft since, for example, malaise associated with * mulungu spirits were also tied etiologically to heat at a cognitive and physical level.
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And that, as we will see in following chapters, is just how they dealt with remedying states of unwellness.
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I dont mind unwellness so long as my brain is working!
Humanity’s Fire Book 2: The Orphaned Worlds – update « INTERSTELLAR TACTICS 2009
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I'm not a well person and the unwellness means I can't sleep.
Even in a little thing gillpolack 2009
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I'm not a well person and the unwellness means I can't sleep.
gillpolack: I'm not a well person and the unwellness gillpolack 2009
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According to this account, the Lord tell Moses, "Speak to the Israelites, saying" Should a woman quicken with seed and bear a male, she shall be unclean seven days, as in the days of her menstrual unwellness she shall be unclean.
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According to this account, the Lord tell Moses, "Speak to the Israelites, saying" Should a woman� quicken with seed and bear a male, she shall be unclean seven days, as in the days of her menstrual unwellness she shall be unclean.
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