ill-being

[ il-bee-ing ]

noun

1. state or condition of lacking health, solvency, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ill-being¹

First recorded in 1830–40; modeled on well-being

Example Sentences

Depression is the valley of ill-being: You feel despondent, drained and worthless.

From New York Times

It must be either admitted or denied that the acts called good and the acts called bad naturally conduce, the one to human well-being and the other to human ill-being.

From Project Gutenberg

Confucius was essentially a social and political reformer, who taught by example and precept; the main inducement to virtue being, not rewards or penalties in the after-life, but well- or ill-being in the present.

From Project Gutenberg

They suffer from unmet expectations, romantic disappointments gay and straight, and a lingering sense of ill-being.

From New York Times

For instance what on earth had possessed me to take such an interest in the well-being or ill-being of Major Sewin and his family?

From Project Gutenberg