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noun
Old people who are in poor health: unhealthy senior citizens.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: collective, plural, plural-only, with-definite-article
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: wellderly
Broader terms: elderly
History
Blend of ill + elderly.
