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Definition of "ill-being" [ill-being]

  • Lack of prosperity, happiness, or health. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "ill-being" in a sentence
  • "Rather than angsting about general ill-being, shouldn't we be firing up the raging energies of "mathletic" entrepreneurs – coding, designing and splicing new markets into being?"
  • "But because there are no obvious symptons just general feeling of ill-being, tiredness, but good diet and training 7 times a week, 3 of these with a top personal trainer, but not losing an ounce in 3 years!"
  • "Promoting wasteful consumption creating artificial needs to elicit profit for a few accepting ill-being for many, does not constitute management of evaluated hope through mutual trust."