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Synonyms for indisposed

Grammar : Adj
Spell : in-di-spohzd
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn dɪˈspoʊzd

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Définition of indisposed

Origin :
  • 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.
  • adj not well
  • adj unwilling
Example sentences :
  • When the day came for departure the Leopard Woman was indisposed, and could not travel.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • Miss Howard, who for two days had been indisposed, was still in her room.
  • Extract from : « Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. » by Charles James Lever
  • And then the cunning stroke of implying that her sister was not indisposed to listen to me.
  • Extract from : « A Rent In A Cloud » by Charles James Lever
  • La Torre was said to be indisposed on the day appointed for receiving the city.
  • Extract from : « The Philippine Islands » by John Foreman
  • I was indisposed to move, and my mind was half asleep still.
  • Extract from : « Tom, Dick and Harry » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • To-morrow you must be indisposed, and keep your room from fatigue.
  • Extract from : « Waverley » by Sir Walter Scott
  • It was just that I wanted to tell you of my victory—that is, to tell you that I should be indisposed tomorrow.
  • Extract from : « David and the Phoenix » by Edward Ormondroyd
  • Anglique knew her power, and was not indisposed to excess in the exercise of it.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Dog » by William Kirby
  • Our bodies, when we were ill or indisposed, were accustomed to her attentions.
  • Extract from : « Germinie Lacerteux » by Edmond and Jules de Goncourt
  • "The signora is indisposed," was the only answer he could get.
  • Extract from : « Charles Frohman: Manager and Man » by Isaac Frederick Marcosson and Daniel Frohman

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