indisposed

WordNet 3.6
- adj indisposed (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed "antipathetic to new ideas","averse to taking risks","loath to go on such short notice","clearly indisposed to grant their request"
- adj indisposed somewhat ill or prone to illness "my poor ailing grandmother","feeling a bit indisposed today","you look a little peaked","feeling poorly","a sickly child","is unwell and can't come to work"
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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

- indisposed Affected with indisposition or illness; somewhat ill; slightly disordered.
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Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary

Had not Alresca been indisposed for months?

"The Ghost" by Arnold Bennett

That branch of the family has continued estranged from us; and I am certainly indisposed to reopen communications with them.

"The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood" by Arthur Griffiths

And the evening before he had declared himself indisposed.

"The Point Of Honor A Military Tale" by Joseph Conrad

Since I last wrote I have been quite indisposed.

"Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters" by Various

There's nobody at home now but Mrs. Fleming, and as she's indisposed, we'll be quite alone.

"Murder in the Gunroom" by Henry Beam Piper

I trust she will be brave; though I did hear yesterday morning that she was somewhat indisposed and was abed.

"The American Prejudice Against Color" by William G. Allen

When indisposed in London in the autumn of 1902, my mind ran upon the subject, and I intended to wire Dr. Ross to come up and see me.

"Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie" by Andrew Carnegie

You will probably scarcely credit it, but I have sat up all night nursing him when he had a cold and was otherwise indisposed.

"Animal Ghosts" by Elliott O'Donnell

I feel singularly indolent, and indisposed to journalize this evening.

"The Story of a Summer" by Cecilia Cleveland

He was indisposed to eat, and did not show any interest in the newspaper.

"A Crooked Path" by Mrs. Alexander

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