sick list
Roll of unwell
A sick list is a roster of people currently ill or injured, especially in military or institutional contexts where personnel status must be tracked.
To be on the sick list is to be officially recorded as unfit for duty.
The phrase extends informally to anyone temporarily sidelined by illness: Half the office is on the sick list this week.
- unwellExperiencing poor health
- under the weatherMildly sick or unwell
- illIn poor health
- ailingIn poor health
- recuperationGradual return to health
on the mend · walking wounded · doctor · doctor's orders · field hospital · incapacitated · bed rest · lazaretto · indisposed · leave of absence · light duty · sanatorium · unfit · quarantine · infirm · medical corps · triage · debilitated
sick listready reserve
Inactive military personnel available
active duty · on duty · in service · active roster · deployed
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