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ailing
1. n. An ailment.
2. adj. Sickly; sick; ill; unwell.
ail
1. adj. (obsolete) Painful; troublesome.
2. v. To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)
Have some chicken soup. It's good for what ails you.
3. v. (intransitive) To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled.
4. n. (obsolete) An ailment; trouble; illness.
5. n. The awn of barley or other types of corn.

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These movies may fail at the box office but they serve as a miracle cure for an actor's ailing ego.

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