Meaning

Alternative form of ill health..

Example Sentences

From about the time of her entering the family, Lady Bertram, in consequence of a little ill-health, and a great deal of indolence, gave up the house in town, which she had been used to occupy every spring, and remained wholly in the country, leaving Sir Thomas to attend his duty in Parliament, with whatever increase or diminution of comfort might arise from her absence.

Loss of money is far the worst, then comes ill-health, and then loss of reputation; loss of reputation is a bad third, for, if a man keeps health and money unimpaired, it will be generally found that his loss of reputation is due to breaches of parvenu conventions only, and not to violations of those older, better established canons whose authority is unquestionable.

Continued ill-health has compelled Mr. D. H. Wakely to relinquish his duties as Honorary Publications Officer of the Railway Correspondence & Travel Society.

There are the engines that develop ill-health and begin to lose time, or the wagons that develop hot boxes and have to be removed, initiating delays that steadily pile up—or at worst, the weather lays its hand on the whole District.

"We know the cost in terms of ill-health to the sector is hundreds of millions of pounds a year. A healthy person is a more productive person," says Prosser.

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When Should You Use Ill-health?

Use ill-health when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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