ill-conditioned
Americanadjective
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in a surly or bad mood, state, etc.
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not in a good or peak condition.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of ill-conditioned
First recorded in 1605–15
Example Sentences
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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
Furuncles and abscesses occasionally result during or after the pustular stage of the disease has been reached, sometimes of such extent as to give exit to large quantities of an ill-conditioned pus.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
"Jealous!" she exclaimed, as if her scorn of this ill-conditioned old man put that well out of the question.
From Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures by William Black
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