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Illfare (noun) means Bad luck or harm that happens to someone.

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Bad luck or harm that happens to someone.
"The environment is an extremely important, although not the only, foundation for our welfare or illfare." — Lennart Nordenfelt, Animal and Human Health and Welfare (2006)
"Without the media, public concern over the illfare of Finnish children would not have been so widely discussed or examined." — Hannele Forsberg, Teppo Kröger (2011)
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Etymology

Formed from ill- and fare. Compare evilfare and welfare. First recorded around 1300.

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What is the meaning of illfare?
"illfare" (noun) means bad luck or harm that happens to someone.
What is the opposite of illfare?
The opposite of "illfare" is welfare.

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