Are you trying to hyphenate ills? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.
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An often persistent bodily disorder or disease A cause for complaining |
| 2. |
Affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function Ill from the monotony of his suffering |
| 3. |
Resulting in suffering or adversity Ill effects It's an ill wind that blows no good |
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Distressing Ill manners Of ill repute |
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Indicating hostility or enmity You certainly did me an ill turn Ill feelings Ill will |
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Presaging ill fortune Ill omens Ill predictions My words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven- P.B.Shelley A dead and ominous silence prevailed A by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government |
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(`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner Not well He was ill prepared It ill befits a man to betray old friends The car runs badly He performed badly on the exam The team played poorly Ill-fitting clothes An ill-conceived plan |
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Unfavorably or with disapproval Tried not to speak ill of the dead Thought badly of him for his lack of concern |
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With difficulty or inconvenience Scarcely or hardly We can ill afford to buy a new car just now |