indisposition

C2+ Topic:Health & Medicine

US /ˌɪndɪspəˈzɪʃən/ UK /ˌɪndɪspəˈzɪʃən/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a slight illness; an unwillingness or aversion

A mild indisposition kept him from the office for a day.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a slight illness; an... ailment illness malady sickness reluctance disinclination

Opposites

health willingness inclination

Word family

Related forms indispose indisposed disposition dispose

Etymology

From in- ('not') + disposition, from Latin dispositio ('arrangement'), from disponere ('to arrange'), from dis- ('apart') + ponere ('to place').

disponere Latin ponere Latin

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Health & Medicine Word Formation & Derivatives

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# indisposition

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌɪndɪspəˈzɪʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌɪndɪspəˈzɪʃən/

## Meanings
1. a slight illness; an unwillingness or aversion

## Examples
- A mild indisposition kept him from the office for a day.

## Synonyms
- ailment
- illness
- malady
- sickness
- reluctance
- disinclination

## Antonyms
- health
- willingness
- inclination

## Related Forms
- indispose
- indisposed
- disposition
- dispose

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

## Etymology
From in- ('not') + disposition, from Latin dispositio ('arrangement'), from disponere ('to arrange'), from dis- ('apart') + ponere ('to place').

## AI Etymology
Indisposition comes from in- ('not') + disposition, from Latin dispositio ('arrangement'), from disponere ('to arrange'), from dis- ('apart') + ponere ('to place'). The etymological trail includes Latin disponere and Latin ponere. As a noun, indisposition means a slight illness; an unwillingness or aversion. The same family is visible in related forms such as indispose, indisposed, disposition, and dispose. 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
- Health & Medicine
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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