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ailing

[ey-ling]

adjective

  1. sickly; unwell.

  2. unsound or troubled.

    a financially ailing corporation.



ailing

/ ˈɪɪŋ /

adjective

  1. unwell or unsuccessful

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of ailing1

First recorded in 1590–1600; ail + -ing 2
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Malamar is a single mother of two daughters and a talented butcher stuck in El Valle, tending to her abusive, ailing mother.

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Its new boss, Kelly Ortberg, came out of retirement a year ago to try to revive the ailing company.

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He had just walked away from a career in medicine — he’d practiced as a neurologist at USC for 20 years — to aid his ailing father.

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Memorial Day is notorious for travel delays, but on Monday a flight headed to Los Angeles made an emergency landing for a particularly peculiar cause — an ailing pooch in need of medical care.

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Private sector workers can access eight weeks of partially paid leave after the birth of a child or to care for an ailing family member.

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