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• past participle of dispose.
• past tense form of dispose.

disposed

American  

[dih-spohzd] / dɪˈspoʊzd /

adjective

1. having a certain inclination or disposition; inclined (usually followed by to or an infinitive).

   a man disposed to like others.

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disposed British  

/ dɪˈspəʊzd /

adjective

1. 1. having an inclination as specified (towards something)

   2. ( in combination )

      well-disposed

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Other Word Forms

• disposedness
  noun
• half-disposed
  adjective
• nondisposed
  adjective
• disposedly
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of disposed

1300–50; Middle English. See dispose, -ed ²

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

disposed

The boy is further said to have disposed of the sword.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

Conventional desalination produces liquid brine that must be treated, disposed of, or discharged into the environment.

From Science Daily ● May 31, 2026

With much of Iran’s pre-war leadership dead, Washington is grappling with the possibility that the country’s new leaders may be even less disposed to compromise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

Excluding revenue from disposed businesses, revenue on a like-for-like basis would have grown by 11% year-over-year.

From Barron's ● May 12, 2026

In a matter of moments they had disposed energetically of a problem with which Yossarian and Sergeant Towser had been grappling unsuccessfully for months.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller