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malady

[mal-uh-dee] / ˈmæl ə di /


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Research shows that such stress can cause an increase in physical, psychological and emotional illness, along with other maladies, up to and including death.

From Salon

Generally, it means excessive competition, but it has become a shorthand for a range of maladies, especially deflation and overcapacity.

From The Wall Street Journal

By treating actual adults—the chat participants weren’t teenagers—with kid gloves, they contribute to the cultural malady of infantilization.

From The Wall Street Journal

His latter years were blighted by maladies, including heart problems, Parkinson’s disease, and memory and hearing loss.

From The Wall Street Journal

Wheezy if, God forbid, the pop star has been stricken with a laryngeal malady?

From Salon