Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

indisposed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.30 in modern English

Syllables: in-dis-posed
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

adj

Not disposed, predisposed, or inclined; unwilling.

adj

Not yet ready (especially with regard to receiving a visitor) because not yet arranged into a state of readiness (i.e., not disposed); (especially, more specifically):

adj

Not yet ready (especially with regard to receiving a visitor) because not yet arranged into a state of readiness (i.e., not disposed); (especially, more specifically):

Example Sentences

"He was indisposed with a cold."
"I stayed indoors all day, feeling indisposed to finish mowing the lawn."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English disposed English indisposed From in- + disposed.

Inflected Forms

more indisposed (comparative) most indisposed (superlative)

Derived Forms

indisposedly indisposedness preindisposed

Frequently Paired Words

indisposition

Synonyms

antipathetic antipathetical averse loath loth ailing peaked poorly sickly unwell under the weather seedy

Questions

What does indisposed mean?: Mildly ill.
Where does indisposed come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English disposed English indisposed From in- + disposed.

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