indispose

C2+ Topic:Cause, Change & Process

US /ˌɪndɪˈspoʊz/ UK /ˌɪndɪˈspəʊz/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to make unwilling or unfit; to make slightly unwell

The long flight seemed to indispose her for the meeting.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to make unwilling or unfit;... disincline unfit disable sicken disqualify

Opposites

dispose inclinepredispose

Word family

Derived forms indisposed indisposition

Related forms dispose indisposed indisposition disposition

Etymology

From in- ('not') + dispose, from Old French disposer, influenced by Latin disponere ('to arrange'), from dis- ('apart') + ponere ('to place').

disponere Latin ponere Latin

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Topics

Cause, Change & Process

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# indispose

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˌɪndɪˈspoʊz/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌɪndɪˈspəʊz/

## Meanings
1. to make unwilling or unfit; to make slightly unwell

## Examples
- The long flight seemed to indispose her for the meeting.

## Synonyms
- disincline
- unfit
- disable
- sicken
- disqualify

## Antonyms
- dispose
- incline
- predispose

## Derived Forms
- indisposed
- indisposition

## Related Forms
- dispose
- indisposed
- indisposition
- disposition

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: disponere
- Root: ponere

## Etymology
From in- ('not') + dispose, from Old French disposer, influenced by Latin disponere ('to arrange'), from dis- ('apart') + ponere ('to place').

## AI Etymology
Indispose comes from in- ('not') + dispose, from Old French disposer, influenced by Latin disponere ('to arrange'), from dis- ('apart') + ponere ('to place'). The etymological trail includes Latin disponere and Latin ponere. As a verb, indispose means to make unwilling or unfit; to make slightly unwell. The same family is visible in derived forms such as indisposed and indisposition and related forms such as dispose, indisposed, indisposition, and disposition. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure.

## Topics
- Cause, Change & Process

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