Ailing and Weak

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Ailing

Ailing adjective - Chronically or repeatedly suffering from poor health.
Usage example: when his ailing wife had to go to a nursing home, he visited her every day
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Weak is a synonym for ailing in ill topic. In some cases you can use "Weak" instead an adjective "Ailing", when it comes to topics like health, unwell, feeble, failing.
Nearby Words: ailment, ailed

Weak

Weak adjective - Lacking bodily strength.
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Ailing is a synonym for weak in unwell topic. You can use "Ailing" instead an adjective "Weak", if it concerns topics such as feeble, ill, infirm.
Nearby Words: weaken, weakness, weakly, weakening, weakling

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  • He doesn't hurt noncombatants and refuses to kill or even fight those who are ailing or otherwise utterly beneath his abilities (after all, what sort of progress would hurting the weak grant him towards being the strongest?).
    Source: Analysis / Magic: The Gathering
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