indisposition
/ˌɪndɪspəˈzɪʃ(ə)n
/noun [mass noun]
1Mild illness: she was chiefly confined by indisposition to her bedroom [count noun]: due to an indisposition, Herr Gesner will not be able to continue his performance...
- On the night I went, its star Sheridan Smith could not go on, due to a " sudden indisposition ".
- Aides to the Prime Minister said he was suffering from a " slight indisposition ".
- Mrs. Clinton was confined to her room that morning by a slight indisposition.
Synonyms
illness, ailment, disorder, sickness, affliction, malady, infirmity, malaise, disease, infection, upset;
condition, complaint, problem, trouble;
ill health
informal bug, virus
British informal lurgy
Australian informal wog
reluctance, unwillingness, disinclination, unpreparedness;
slowness, hesitation, hesitancy;
aversion, resistance, opposition;
nervousness about, antipathy towards, dislike of, distaste for, lack of enthusiasm for
2Lack of enthusiasm or inclination; reluctance: indisposition to motion, exertion, or change [count noun]: an utter indisposition to do anything whatever...
- A social catastrophe would therefore pose no more than a minor indisposition for the regime.
- First, this is an application which has to overcome this Court's indisposition to revisiting discretionary decisions of trial judges.
- There's a disposition to believe any bad news, whatever the source, and an indisposition to believe the good news, no matter how reliable.
- preconsult
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- precontain
- precontest
- precontour
- pre-contract
- precontract
- precontracted
- precontrive
- preconvulsive
- pre-cook
- pre-cool
- pre-cooler
- pre-coordinate
- pre-co-ordinate
- precoordinate
- precopulatory
- precoracoid
- precordia
- precordial
- precordialgia
- precordium
- precorneal