ill-conditioned

American  

[il-kuhn-dish-uhnd] / ˈɪl kənˈdɪʃ ənd /

adjective

1. in a surly or bad mood, state, etc.

2. not in a good or peak condition.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• ill-conditionedness
  noun

Etymology

Origin of ill-conditioned

First recorded in 1605–15

Example Sentences

Then the game degenerated into a huffing & puffing contest between ill-conditioned athletes.

From Time Magazine Archive

But Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal provoked an attack on both the theorists of art for art's sake and the poet: "He went in search of corruption, and the ill-conditioned jade proved a thankless muse."

From Time Magazine Archive

The ill-conditioned pancreases suggested that the patient had been eating a great amount of carbohydrates, like sugar and bread.

From Time Magazine Archive

Glover was an ill-conditioned wasp, and his story refutes itself.

From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Rosebery, Archibald Phillip Primrose

And though Mrs. Caird knew well that the passion and fiery denunciation of these sermons came out of the misery and the ill-conditioned temperament of the preacher, she approved his eloquence.

From Playing With Fire by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston