ill

/ɪl/ adverb formal

Translation

› badly

kötü, fena

Many of the nurses were ill prepared to deal with such badly burned patients.2110

can ill afford (to do) sth › If you can ill afford to do something, it is likely to make things difficult for you if you do it.

durumu daha da zorlaştırmak / kötüleştirmek

This is a match United can ill afford to lose.2033

speak ill of sb formal › to say bad things about someone

...ın/in aleyhinde konuşmak; ...ı/i tenkit etmek/eleştirmek

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(Definition of ill adverb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed

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