undisposed
Americanadjective
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not disposed of.
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not favorably inclined; not prepared; unwilling.
They are both disinclined to work and undisposed to starve.
Etymology
Origin of undisposed
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at un- 1, disposed
Example Sentences
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On March 1, there still remained 355,563,000 bushels undisposed of, bulging in elevators and farm bins.
From Time Magazine Archive
Moreover, Portland readers seemed undisposed to support a union paper that tried so hard to avoid the union label that it packed as much punch as a Sunday supplement.
From Time Magazine Archive
Billy Curlew hung back to the last; and when the list was offered him, five shots remained undisposed of.
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.) by Marshall Pinckney Wilder
The copyright of 'The Giaour' and 'The Bride of Abydos' remained undisposed of, though the poems were selling rapidly, nor had I the slightest notion that he would ever again give me a copyright.
From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals by Thomas Moore
That suit remains yet undisposed of; but in it he will doubtless recover the full value of his reputation, on which kidnapping has affixed no stain.
From The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence by Theodore Parker
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