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ill-health

ill-health is the alternative form of ill health.

Meaning of ill health

Noun

ill health (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic) A state of illness, or bad health.
    • I have to cancel my holidays due to continuing ill health.

Questions about ill-health

What is ill-health the alternative form of?
Ill-health is the alternative form of ill health.

Words near ill-health in the dictionary

  1. ill-gotten
  2. ill-gotten gains
  3. ill-gotten gains never prosper
  4. ill-groomed
  5. ill-grounded
  6. ill-health
  7. ill-humor
  8. ill-humored
  9. ill-humors
  10. ill-humoured
  11. ill-informed

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