Definition: indisposed

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

indisposed
     adj 1: 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" [syn: ailing,
             peaked, poorly, sickly, unwell]
     2: (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" [syn: antipathetic, antipathetical, averse,
         indisposed, loath, loth]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Indispose \In`dis*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indisposed; p.
   pr. & vb. n. Indisposing.] [OE. indispos indisposed,
   feeble, or F. indispos['e] indisposed. See In- not, and
   Dispose.]
   1. To render unfit or unsuited; to disqualify.

   2. To disorder slightly as regards health; to make somewhat.
      --Shak.

            It made him rather indisposed than sick. --Walton.

   3. To disincline; to render averse or unfavorable; as, a love
      of pleasure indisposes the mind to severe study; the pride
      and selfishness of men indispose them to religious duties.

            The king was sufficiently indisposed towards the
            persons, or the principles, of Calvin's disciples.
                                                  --Clarendon.