indisposition

[in-dis-puh-zish-uhn]

noun

1. state of being indisposed. indisposed.

2. a slight illness.

3. disinclination; unwillingness.

Other Word Forms

• preindisposition noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of indisposition¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; in- ³, disposition

Example Sentences

But for Seattle Symphony Music Director Thomas Dausgaard and regional music lovers, the indisposition that kept him off the podium for this week’s concerts is particularly unfortunate.

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Mr Zeman's indisposition, therefore, casts the smooth running of that process into doubt.

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“He had a small indisposition and went to the hospital,” Bolsonaro said at the event.

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For that matter, you don’t need the virus to do this, as if alluding to some ordinary indisposition.

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The Vatican has played down speculation he might have coronavirus, saying he only had a “slight indisposition”.

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