indisposed








adjective

  1. sick or ill, especially slightly: to be indisposed with a cold.
  2. disinclined or unwilling; averse: indisposed to help.

verb (used with object), in·dis·posed, in·dis·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.

adjective

  1. sick or ill
  2. unwilling

verb (tr)

  1. to make unwilling or opposed; disincline
  2. to cause to feel ill
  3. to make unfit (for something or to do something)
adj.

c.1400, “unprepared;” early 15c., “not in order,” from in- (1) “not” + disposed; or else from Late Latin indispositus “without order, confused.” Mid-15c. as “diseased;” modern sense of “not very well” is from 1590s. A verb indispose is attested from 1650s but is perhaps a back-formation of this.

v.

  1. To cause to be or feel ill; sicken.
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