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indisposed

adjective

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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English disposed English indisposed From in- + disposed.

  1. Mildly ill.

    He was indisposed with a cold.

  2. Not disposed, predisposed, or inclined; unwilling.

    I stayed indoors all day, feeling indisposed to finish mowing the lawn.

  3. Not yet ready (especially with regard to receiving a visitor) because not yet arranged into a state of readiness (i.e., not disposed); (especially, more specifically):
  4. Not yet ready (especially with regard to receiving a visitor) because not yet arranged into a state of readiness (i.e., not disposed); (especially, more specifically):