indisposed

[US]/ɪndɪ'spəʊzd/
[UK]/ˌɪndɪ'spozd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. not feeling well, unwilling.

Example Sentences

was clearly indisposed to grant their request.

She is indisposed with a headache.

She was indisposed to help us.

He seems indisposed to help.

He is indisposed to join the mobile medical team.

the potential audience seemed indisposed to attend.

Contact with realities indisposed him to any more idle speculations.

One of them was indisposed with a cold and couldn’t come.

the miseries of the revolution had totally indisposed the people towards any interference with politics.

"His wife says he's indisposed, but I know he's drunk."

Real-world Examples

The next day, David was suddenly indisposed, so he missed his own date with martyrdom.

Source: The Power of Art - Jacques-Louis David

He is indisposed at the moment.

Source: Forrest Gump Selected Highlights

With Eva indisposed, we need to find a new Thisbe.

Source: English little tyrant

I'd offer you a drink, but I guess you're indisposed.

Source: Lost Girl Season 05

" Alexai Dmitritch is a little indisposed, nothing very serious" !

Source: The Virgin Land (Part 2)

The ambassador is indisposed, and will not go out for some days.

Source: The Sorrows of Young Werther

Write him that I am indisposed, and that will end the matter.

Source: Kreutzer Sonata

Oh, like the bride before the wedding, indisposed.

Source: The Good Wife Season 2

It had slipped my memory that you have good reasons to be indisposed for joining in my chatter.

Source: Jane Eyre (Original Version)

" Tyrion spoke for both of them. The queen was not there. She was indisposed that day, I was told" .

Source: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Clash of Kings (Bilingual Edition)

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