Definition

1. Verb (transitive):
   • To cause a slight illness or feeling of unwellness: To make someone feel physically unwell or slightly ill, often temporarily.
   • To make unfit or unsuitable: To render someone or something unsuitable or unqualified for a particular purpose or role.
   • To make unwilling or disinclined: To cause someone to be reluctant or averse to something.

Examples of Usage

• Verb:
  • The rich food indisposed him for the rest of the evening. (It made him feel slightly ill.)
  • His lack of formal training indisposes him for this managerial position. (It makes him unsuitable for it.)
  • The negative reviews indisposed her to see the new film. (They made her unwilling or disinclined to see it.)

Advanced Usage

• "To be indisposed": This is a common participial adjective form, often used as a polite or formal euphemism meaning "to be slightly ill" or "to be unavailable."
  • The director is indisposed and cannot take your call at the moment.
• "Indisposed towards": Shows a state of being disinclined or having an aversion.
  • She felt indisposed towards any further argument.

Variants and Related Words

• Indisposition (noun): A minor illness or ailment; a state of being disinclined.
  • He retired early due to a sudden indisposition.
• Dispose (verb): To incline or make willing (often used as an antonymic root).
  • Her cheerful nature disposes people to like her.

Synonyms

• For "cause unwell": Ail, sicken, upset.
• For "make unfit": Disqualify, incapacitate, unfit.
• For "make unwilling": Disincline, deter, discourage.

Related Phrasal Verbs

(Note: "Indispose" itself is not commonly used in phrasal verb constructions. Its meanings are typically expressed directly.)

Related Idioms

• "To plead indisposition": To give a minor illness as an excuse or reason for not doing something.
  • He pleaded indisposition to avoid the tedious meeting.

Verb

1. cause to feel unwell
   • She was indisposed
2. make unfit or unsuitable
   • Your income disqualifies you
3. make unwilling