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unwell

[ uhn-wel ]

adjective

  1. not well; ailing; ill.
  2. Older Use. menstruating.


unwell

/ ʌnˈwɛl /

adjective

  1. postpositive not well; ill


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  • un·wellness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of unwell1

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; un- 1, well 1

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Example Sentences

Visitors were allowed inside most galleries for two weeks after staff members first told administrators June 1 that the odors were making them feel unwell, according to museum employees who are seeking to form a union.

Rather than the barrage that accosted her when she was unwell, these messages have transformed into a kind of enhanced creativity.

No unwell woman should be reduced to a file of notes, a set of clinical observations, a case study lurking in an archive.

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Within two weeks Das’s mother and sister had recovered and tested negative but the teenager was still unwell.

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Vice President Brenda Wolff gave the one dissenting vote to Asante’s proposal, saying that parents could already excuse a child as unwell without explanation.

Normally at high latitude you feel really unwell, but I drank it and felt rejuvenated.

Neruda suffered from cancer, and he looked unwell, with a sickly yellow glow.

It is oily, dark and almost rotten tasting, but it did not make me unwell.

In the final scene, the increasingly unwell singer literally begins to lose her voice.

But remember: Unwell people are getting health coverage for the first time in their lives by the millions.

So he saw the doctor, but declared there was nothing much the matter, he merely felt a little unwell and out of sorts and tired.

Being told that the doctor was below, he said, "Tell him to call another time; I am unwell, and can't see him now."

Captain Graham being too unwell to venture out of the ship himself, he therefore undertook to nurse the invalid for me.

When Jacob Worse woke in the morning after the memorable birthday at Randulf's, he felt extremely unwell.

Since that time every one, from the prince to the meanest servant, leaves the palace as soon as they feel themselves unwell.

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