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unwell

[uhn-wel] / ʌnˈwɛl /
ADJECTIVE
sick
Synonyms
WEAK
ailing bedridden broken down debilitated diseased feeble feverish frail hospitalized ill impaired in poor health incurable infected infirm invalid laid-up nauseated not feeling well run down sick as a dog sickly suffering under medication under the weather unhealthy weak

Example Sentences

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She became unwell on 11 October with gastric symptoms - and while running to the bathroom to be sick the next day she slipped on water leaking from a fridge and broke her leg.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Diagnosed with OCD and postpartum psychosis tendencies after giving birth, Sofii said she had "no idea" how unwell she was.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

In November 2024, while still mentally unwell, he emailed the embassy of a foreign country information that - according to the judge Mr Justice Hilliard - "related to security or intelligence".

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Her family says other patients at the unit have told them that Cherie had felt unwell the night before, but there is no record of this.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

His father was getting old and his mother had been unwell for months, with fever that came and went.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry