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debility

[dih-bil-i-tee] / dɪˈbɪl ɪ ti /


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If your pain is from nerve compression, a disc issue or joint degeneration, inactivity can cause muscles to tighten, pain to worsen, loss of physical condition and more debility.

From Science Daily Dec. 15, 2025

At 40, Baudelaire was a shadow of his former self, crushed by unrepayable debts, suffering the aftereffects of a seemingly minor stroke, and facing the onset of syphilitic debility.

From Washington Post May 11, 2022

This season, the writers on “Succession” have been playing up the age-related debility and mental fogginess of their crotchety corporate monarch.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 2, 2021

Whence the debility, the infantile degeneration of this imaginary.

From Salon Jan. 5, 2020

On the 18th of November he sank into a state of extreme debility; yet he lingered till the 26th, when he expired without a sigh, leaving property to the amount of four millions of dollars.

From Curiosities of Human Nature by Anonymous

To really good contemporary artists, however, the debilities inherent to art made in a very small size are merely challenges to be met.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 2026

Among a population of veterans who have a high incidence of mental and physical debilities, some get discouraged and drop out of the process.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2025

But his diagnosis of America’s debilities is more persuasive than his prescriptions to remedy them.

From New York Times Nov. 20, 2018

Such debilities can be found in many people with dementia.

From The New Yorker Mar. 23, 2015

Diseases and debilities of the reproductive organs, are by the same means equally benefited, but in these cases galvanism in some form is often required to effect a complete cure.

From Turkish and Other Baths A Guide to Good Health and Longevity by Gordon Stables




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