US /ˌɪndɪˈspoʊz/ UK /ˌɪndɪˈspəʊz/
verb

Meanings

  1. 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;... disinclineunfitdisablesickendisqualify
Opposites
disposeinclinepredispose
Word family

Etymology

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

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