INDISPOSE Definition & Meaning

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indispose

[ in-di-spohz ]

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verb (used with object)

indisposed, indisposing.

to make ill, especially slightly.
to put out of the proper condition for something; make unfit:
The long tennis match indisposed me for any further physical activity that day.
to render averse or unwilling; disincline:
His anger indisposed him from helping.

indispose

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verb

to make unwilling or opposed; disincline
to cause to feel ill
to make unfit (for something or to do something)

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Origin of indispose¹

First recorded in 1650–60; back formation from indisposed

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Austin will transfer authority to Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks while he is indisposed, the Pentagon said.

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Watts so impressed Bernstein that the conductor chose him to replace an indisposed Glenn Gould and play the Liszt concerto twice at Philharmonic Hall a few weeks later.

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With men indisposed, TERFs take up the mantle of policing women’s bodies, forcing the protagonists to seek refuge in an elaborate bunker that doubles as a rich brat’s pleasure palace.

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The Gran had been called away to another town, the Uncle indisposed, just like they had been during the impossible task in 1965.

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At one point, a man answering the door at Arredondo’s house told a reporter for The Associated Press that Arredondo was “indisposed.”

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