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

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.

Mrs. Candy first of all made a change necessary, as might have been anticipated, and the restlessness of domestic ill-being subsequently drove them from place to place.

From The Nether World by Gissing, George

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