ill-being

American  

[il-bee-ing] / ˈɪlˈbi ɪŋ /

noun

1. state or condition of lacking health, solvency, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of ill-being

First recorded in 1830–40; modeled on well-being

Example Sentences

Two pieces of testimony, from opposite poles of French life, show how relative the sense of ill-being can be.

From Time Magazine Archive

Confucius was essentially a social and political reformer, who taught by example and precept; the main inducement to virtue being, not rewards or penalties in the after-life, but well- or ill-being in the present.

From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court

For instance what on earth had possessed me to take such an interest in the well-being or ill-being of Major Sewin and his family?

From A Frontier Mystery by Mitford, Bertram

Recent examination of school children in various cities in England and America has revealed a state of physical ill-being most deplorable in the present, and horrifying to contemplate for its future results.

From The Cost of Shelter by Richards, Ellen H.

For most of his life he is probably aware of a vague well-being; then of a longer or shorter—often a very short—spell of vague ill-being; and so, the end.

From God and Mr. Wells A Critical Examination of 'God the Invisible King' by Archer, William