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Meanings of under the weather in English

Somewhat ill or prone to illness.

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      Objective: Diabetes distress among patients from ethnic minorities is still poorly understood.
      Pubmed
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      However, the genetic basis of feed utilization in livestock remains poorly understood.
      Pubmed
      3
      However, the implications of livebirth bias on risk estimation remain poorly understood.
      Pubmed
      4
      However, regulation of local protein synthesis in developing axons remains poorly understood.
      Pubmed
      5
      Mr Davidson did not believe Ms Dalziel has handled the situation poorly.
      Radio NZ
      1
      Though not exactly sickly, neither is the market in the rudest health.
      The Irish Times
      2
      She certainly looked very pale and sickly, just as Terence had said.
      The rebels of ireland: the dublin saga
      3
      They looked like brothers in the sickly glow of the seal-oil lamp.
      The River's End
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      The Sage of Rotterdam was old and sickly; his day was over.
      The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 02: Introduction II
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      Now their unsold homes are the bane of a sickly housing market.
      Reuters
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      Flu has peaked in other European countries including Belgium, Ireland and Serbia.
      Reuters
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      The coronavirus crisis has still not peaked in the social care sector.
      The Guardian
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      Still, the World Health Organization warned the epidemic has not yet peaked.
      Reuters
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      In the slow-paced group, both components peaked earlier for correct response withholds.
      Pubmed
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      Reports peaked over the summer months, with 31 incidents in July alone.
      The Irish Times
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      The patient is unwell; the doctor is unwell; the system is broken.
      The Guardian
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      She reported feeling unwell following her return to Canada earlier this week.
      The Guardian
      3
      Another Egyptian source with links to the family said he was unwell.
      The Guardian
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      That means people have felt unwell and just gone about their business.
      News.com.au
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      If anyone is unwell and their condition deteriorates, seek medical attention immediately.
      The Irish Times
      1
      Analysts said the new laptop may help revive the ailing PC market.
      BBC
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      Sisi supporters hope he can bring stability and improve Egypt's ailing economy.
      Reuters
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      They later said they would also free Jorge Gechem, an ailing legislator.
      Reuters
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      Segars said there would be repercussions too for an ailing labour market.
      The Guardian
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      Economists have expressed concern the steps could further damage the ailing economy.
      Reuters
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      In the hall I found a seedy-looking individual of about middle age.
      A Bid for Fortune; Or, Dr. Nikola's Vendetta
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      The area went from congested and commercial to seedy as he walked.
      The Beast Within
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      The crew was seedy; all they did was stop at souvenir stands.
      The new yorker
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      A seedy boarding house in a seedy part of town, that's all.
      I'll never get out of this world alive
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      To our right stood a seedy barn enclosed within a dilapidated fence.
      Monday Mourning
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      I was always interested in chickens, and dosed all the indisposed as:
      Memories and Anecdotes
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      The animals become indisposed, and the secretion of milk is much lessened.
      A History of Science — Volume 4
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      If the watchman found him again, he'd just say he was indisposed.
      Casket of Souls
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      Write him that I am indisposed, and that will end the matter.
      The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories
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      The Commission feels indisposed to initiate any movement looking to its suspension.
      Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission
      Usage of under the weather in English
      1
      I thought you might be a little under the weather this morning.
      Foul play
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      Now whenever I feel under the weather, I reach for my pearls.
      The Guardian
      3
      Once, under the weather cloth, I came upon him talking to himself.
      The Mutiny of the Elsinore
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      After a week of feeling under the weather I rang my mum.
      The Irish Times
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      I'm feeling a little... under the weather at the moment,' he said.
      Underground: Hacking, madness and obsession on the electronic fr...
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      I'm sorry, Father, but my dad is a bit under the weather today.
      Hearts of grey
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      I understand the first officer of the Plymouth is also under the weather.
      The Boy Allies with the Victorious Fleets; Or, The Fall of the G...
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      A source says the singer is under the weather and was hospitalized overnight.
      Ebony
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      He was under the weather, and already on his last excuse.
      The Irish Times
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      But in December they were all under the weather and coughing.
      The Guardian
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      Father Forbes mentioned that she was a little under the weather.
      The Damnation of Theron Ware
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      I'm rather under the weather; but I dare say it's my own fault.
      The Spinners
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      As you might imagine, she looked a little under the weather.
      The Lost Continent
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      Number 116 Intermediate is under the weather; I found him fainting in the passage.
      Mrs. Falchion, Volume 1.
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      I've been under the weather for the past few days.
      The hunchback assignments
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      Certainly no one should head out if they are under the weather health wise.
      News.com.au