unwell

Modifies a noun

• patient: The product of many of these changes is that junior medical staff are less able to manage the demands of acutely unwell patients.
• child: An unwell child should be taken home, so we contact the parent or carer at once.

Modifying Another Word

• systemically: The following should be admitted to an oral surgery or maxillofacial unit: People who are systemically unwell.
• acutely: The product of many of these changes is that junior medical staff are less able to manage the demands of acutely unwell patients.
• mentally: Ask your doctor Am I mentally unwell or depressed?
• generally: She complained of feeling generally unwell, with loss of appetite.
• physically: Which is to say, physically unwell - to put it mildly.
• somewhat: Feel somewhat unwell: put down to new glasses - this may be wrong.

Infinitive complement

• attend: Visits are for the housebound and those too unwell to attend the surgery.

Used with adjective complement

• feel: He felt unwell, with what he thought were symptoms of malaria.
• become: Explain how his becoming unwell could have been caused by the body's response to virus antigens.
• appear: Consult your veterinary surgeon if your cat appears unwell - you could save its life.
• remain: On the 18th August 1987 the Claimant remained unwell.
• look: The Duke looked very unwell, even worse than the previous night.
• get: I was getting unwell, putting on weight, hungry all the time.

Preposition: in

• way: It is possible that the " stress " caused by the incident may well make you feel unwell in some way.

Preposition: with

• fever: In addition, the child may feel generally unwell with fever, headache and loss of appetite.

Preposition: for

• reason: If the patient presents as being unwell for any reason the baseline safety check is repeated.
• month: These may last for up to ten days, but can make a person feel weak and unwell for several months.
• time: I believe she had been unwell for some time.