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1.
sick or ill, especially slightly: to be indisposed with a cold.
2.
disinclined or unwilling; averse: indisposed to help.
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Indisposed
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Example Sentences
- He did not attend church, being somewhat indisposed.
- States are not indisposed to pay all their debts of honor, and even to bring into their debt their good children.
- Unfortunately, when the day came for the one and only performance, she was indisposed and an understudy had to take her place.
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verb (used with object), -posed, -pos·ing.
1.
to make ill, especially slightly.
2.
to put out of the proper condition for something; make unfit: The long tennis match indisposed me for any further physical activity that day.
3.
to render averse or unwilling; disincline: His anger indisposed him from helping.
Origin:
1650–60; back formation from indisposed
1650–60; back formation from indisposed
Related forms
pre·in·dis·pose, verb (used with object), -posed, -pos·ing.
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Word Origin & History
indisposed
early 15c., originally "not in order," from L.L. indispositus, from in- "not" + dispositus (see dispose); modern sense of "not very well" is from 1590s.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
indispose in·dis·pose (ĭn'dĭ-spōz')
v. in·dis·posed, in·dis·pos·ing, in·dis·pos·es
To cause to be or feel ill; sicken.
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