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sicker

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[ sik-er ]

adjective

  1. comparative of sick 1.


sicker

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[ sik-er ]

adjective

  1. safe from danger; secure.
  2. dependable; trustworthy.

adverb

  1. certainly; without doubt.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sicker1

before 900; Middle English siker, Old English sicor; cognate with Dutch zeker, German sicher, all ≪ Latin ŧūܲ; secure
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"We have much more care in healthier, wealthier parts of Australia than in poorer, sicker parts of Australia," Peter Breadon, from the Grattan Institute think tank says.

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Sadia Khan, the chairperson of Friends of Spark Green Park, said while she sympathised with those on strike, "rejecting another offer is just going to make the whole population a lot sicker".

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She asked bluntly: "How will making people sicker and poorer help in driving our economy up?"

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All Trump can do is make Americans poorer, sicker, and less safe — including his own voters.

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"I thought the only way to get help was to eat even less, lose more weight and get sicker," Mollie says.

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