malady

Example Sentences

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By treating actual adults—the chat participants weren’t teenagers—with kid gloves, they contribute to the cultural malady of infantilization.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

O’Sullivan, who quickly ruled out epilepsy, came to suspect the young woman was actually suffering from another common malady: overdiagnosis.

From Salon • May 13, 2025

"It's part of my make-up and I would have had the same malady had I been a taxi driver."

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2024

In a survey of 722 working parents conducted in June and July 2023, 57% reported symptoms indicative of this modern-day malady.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2024

But she seemed afflicted with the same malady that depressed Gertrude’s spirits.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein