indisposed
indisposed Lexical Profile
indisposed Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Slightly unwell or mildly ill, especially to the extent of being temporarily unable to attend to one's usual duties or social engagements.
"The keynote speaker was feeling indisposed this morning, so her colleague stepped in to deliver the presentation."
Unwilling, averse, or disinclined to do or accept something.
"The committee members seemed indisposed to approve any additional budget requests before the end of the fiscal year."
Word Nuance & Usage
"Indisposed" is used almost exclusively as a predicate adjective (following a linking verb like "be" or "feel") rather than directly before a noun, and often serves as a polite euphemism to excuse someone's absence without specifying the illness.
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Word Origin & Etymology
First recorded in late Middle English from Old French indisposé or Medieval Latin indispositus, combining the negative prefix in- with dispositus (from Latin disponere, "to arrange or put in order"), originally describing something out of proper order before narrowing to physical unwellness.