as in unfit
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Recent Examples of diseased
Is the only way to stop bird flu to kill off all diseased birds?
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Evan Bush, NBC News, 9 Mar. 2025
According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, a liver transplant is a surgery that replaces a diseased liver with a healthy liver from another person.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025
There were clumps of diseased needles and black limbs killed by lightning long ago, but nothing else to arouse any interest.
—Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025
However, the fear that gender-diverse people are diseased and devious likewise arises in several ancient sources.
—Tom Sapsford, The Conversation, 24 Feb. 2025
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Evan Bush, NBC News, 9 Mar. 2025
According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, a liver transplant is a surgery that replaces a diseased liver with a healthy liver from another person.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025
There were clumps of diseased needles and black limbs killed by lightning long ago, but nothing else to arouse any interest.
—Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025
However, the fear that gender-diverse people are diseased and devious likewise arises in several ancient sources.
—Tom Sapsford, The Conversation, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diseased
Adjective
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There were cries of a rotten system and in its recent lawsuit against the tennis authorities, the PTPA has belittled the current system as unfit for purpose.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Once a game has started, the lead umpire determines whether it should be suspended as well as when it can be resumed or terminated because of bad weather or unfit playing conditions.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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However, there is no formal provision in canon law for an incapacitated pope, and there are no current signs that Francis is unable to govern.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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But there is no precedent for forcibly removing an incapacitated member who had taken the oath of office that Congress.—
Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
27 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Actually, the Madam and other women at the brothel have taken on the responsibility of caring for an ailing Fengxian, who is unable to take care of herself let alone a child.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
2 Apr. 2025
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But as the stories grow of ailing or troubled veterans who die or attempt suicide because of their inability to get the VA’s help, these lawmakers can only hide for so long.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The band canceled these tour dates due to singer and guitarist DeLonge getting sick.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
8 Apr. 2025
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His mother was still sick, and Mr. Sancho-Persad started working as her caregiver in the morning for $18.75 an hour, paid through Medicaid, while still driving his cab at night.—
Jonah Markowitz,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The study team then classified the food consumption by measuring how close the consumption pattern was to eight types of healthy diets and to the consumption of unhealthy ultraprocessed food.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
6 Apr. 2025
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According to the report, about 131 million Americans breathed in at least one kind of unhealthy air during the study period.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Other members of the family had felt unwell the night before his death.—
Djenane Villanueva,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2025
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That’s when Earle, who apparently felt unwell after recently traveling, called her in a panic, having mixed up the day.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The reference to the band's 1969 rock opera — about the fictitious Tommy Walker, who is deaf, nonverbal, and blind — earned a laugh from the crowd.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Three Phoenix police officers will receive 24-hour, unpaid suspensions, and two of them must undergo more training, after the arrest of a deaf man who has cerebral palsy last year, the police chief said Wednesday.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC news,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Likewise, when the husband fell ill but the wife remained healthy, the likelihood of divorce did not significantly increase.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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However, for people who are already ill and hospitalized, the growing threat is very real.—
Jenny Lehmann,
Discover Magazine,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Diseased.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diseased. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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