Sickest
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- (adj.) Superlative form of 'sick,' used informally to describe the most seriously ill or the most severe case.
The patient was the sickest in the ward, requiring constant care.
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Primarily an informal superlative adjective; rarely used in formal legal discourse except in medical-legal contexts such as personal injury or disability claims.
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