Meaning & use
Ills
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Troubles, problems, or misfortunes, especially of a society or system.
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Politicians promised to address the economic ills facing the nation.
The report examined the social ills caused by widespread unemployment.
A note on using this word
"Ills" is almost always used in the plural to describe systemic or ongoing problems, as in "society's ills."
Words with a similar meaning
troublesafflictions
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Words with an opposite meaning
benefitsblessings
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