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healthless


Meanings
  • adjective

    Lacking health or wellbeing; sick or diseased.


Rhymes
Words rhyming with healthless
wreckless , speckless , neckless
Variants
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healthier , healthiest , healthily , healthiness , healthinesses , healthy
Etymology
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From health + less


Trivia
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  1. The term 'healthless' was first used in English in the 15th century.

  2. In some cultures, being 'healthless' is seen as a sign of weakness or vulnerability.


Related Concepts
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  1. illness: A state of physical or mental distress

  2. disease: A condition that impairs normal functioning and is typically characterized by symptoms and signs


Culture
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In literature, 'healthless' is often used to describe characters who are ill or suffering. For instance, in Charles Dickens' 'Bleak House', the character Esther Summerson is described as 'healthless' due to her frail condition.

How to Memorize "healthless"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine a person lying in bed, weak and pale, with a fever. This is what it means to be 'healthless'.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'healthless' with images of sickness, illness, and disease.

  3. mnemonics

    - Use the mnemonic 'Happy as a clam, but not healthless' to remember that 'healthless' means lacking health.


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